IN RE EXXONMOBIL CORP.

No. 20-0849.

635 S.W.3d 631 (2021)

IN RE EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: November 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Brynilde Arnold , Adam Lewis , Houston, David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Jason A. Itkin , Houston, J. Kyle Findley , Jody Scott Sanders , Fort Worth, for Real Parties in Interest Villegas, Oscar, Gutierrez, Luis Carlos.

David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Karl Long , Houston, Bernardino Agosto Jr. , Jonathan Sneed , Muhammad S. Aziz , Houston, for Real Parties in Interest Friels, Demarcis, Speights, Reggie, Rojas, Fidencio, Lopez, Felipe, Coble, David, Torres, John, Raudez, Alex, Silverman, Joseph, Rosales, Raul, Pena, Roberto, Torres, Arturo, Salgado, Michael, Rodriguez, Eder, Rojas, Mario, Munoz, Josue, Roque, Bryan, Wegemer, Angela, Rodriguez, Kassandra, Flores-Rodriguez, Efrain.

David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Bernardino Agosto Jr. , Muhammad S. Aziz , Adam Lewis , Karl Long , Jonathan Sneed , Houston, for Real Parties in Interest Burgoin, Carlos, Coronel, Alvaro, Brown, Tamara.

J. Kyle Findley , David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Jason A. Itkin , Adam Lewis , Kurt Brynilde Arnold , Houston, for Real Parties in Interest Reyes, Noe, Rangel, Spruiell, Garcia, Martin, Bland, Chiquita, Serrano, Jaime, Elizondo, Jorge, Wright, Christopher, Mendoza, Jonathan, Lopez, Martin, Alvarez, Jon, Gomez, Pedro, Woods, Dennis, Neill, James, Rodriguez, Martin, Garza, David, Garza, Samantha, Carmona, Junior, David, Serrano, Daniel, Hernandez, Ricardo, Anaya-Gonzalez, Joel, Rios, Francisco, Lawson, Hubert.

J. Kyle Findley , Bradford Joe Gilde , Adam Lewis , David Ortez , Kurt Brynilde Arnold , Houston, David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Jason A. Itkin , Houston, for Real Party in Interest Morfin, Leobardo Rangel.

Bernardino Agosto Jr. , Jonathan Sneed , Houston, J. Kyle Findley , Kurt Brynilde Arnold , Adam Lewis , Jason A. Itkin , Muhammad S. Aziz , Houston, David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Karl Long , Houston, for Real Party in Interest Windholz, Brandon.

Amanda Garrett Taylor , Scott K. Field , Austin, for Amici Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, American Tort Reform Association.

David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, James Edwards , Stafford, for Real Party in Interest Landry, Freddie.

Jeanine Navarro , David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, for Real Party in Interest Non-party medical provider Altus Houston Hospital.

Glen W. Morgan , Beaumont, David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Taylor Miller , Beaumont, for Real Parties in Interest Banda, David, Fregia, Cody Lee, Scales, Brian, Whitehead, Carl.

Jourdain Poupore , Houston, Robert Wynne , David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, for Real Parties in Interest Non-party medical provider Advanced Medical Group, Nonparty medical provider AD Hospital East, LLC, Non-party medical provider Texas Brain Center, LLC.

David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, W. Mark Lanier , Lawrence P. Wilson , Houston, for Real Party in Interest Charles, Melinda.

Dwain Gregory Capodice II , The Woodlands, Mark R. Trachtenberg , Stephen M. Fernelius , Houston, Ryan Pitts , C. Robert Mace , Lynne Liberato , Michelle P. Scheffler , Ryan Matthew Perdue , Kenneth Tekell , Houston, for Relator.

David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, Michael Elton Pierce , Kyle Chapel , for Real Party in Interest Burleson, Arthur.

David E. Keltner , Fort Worth, John Brothers , for Real Party in Interest Nonparty medical provider, Woodlake MRI Diagnostic Imaging.

George Scott Christian , for Amicus Curiae Texas Civil Justice League.


Evidence of a medical provider's negotiated rates for private insurers and public payers is relevant, though not dispositive, when considering the reasonableness of its chargemaster rates. In re N. Cypress Medical Ctr. Operating Co., 559 S.W.3d 128 (Tex. 2018). This is true regardless of whether a...

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