Davis v. Webb

MAJORITY OPINION

EVA M. GUZMAN, Justice.

In this medical malpractice case, we determine whether an optometrist may generate an expert report concerning an ophthalmologist’s alleged departure from accepted standards of medical care. Be*770cause an ophthalmologist is a physician and an optometrist is not, and only a physician is qualified to author an expert report regarding whether a physician departed from accepted standards of medical care, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal of this lawsuit. We further conclude that the trial court properly awarded appellee attorneys’ fees and costs. We…