In Re Tenet Hospitals Ltd.

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

In this mandamus proceeding, Tenet Hospitals Limited complains of the trial court’s denial of its motion to dismiss a medical malpractice suit. The motion challenged the sufficiency of two expert reports filed by the plaintiffs below which failed to address causation as required by statute. Finding that the reports were filed in good faith, the trial court denied the motion to dismiss. We conditionally grant relief.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

Around midnight on March 4, 2000, Raquel Arriola was admitted to the emergency room at Sierra Medical Center. She complained of…