Legal Opinion
Alvarez v. Thomas
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided August 26, 2005No. 06-05-00006-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Chief Justice MORRISS.
More than 180 days had passed since Daniel Alvarez originally filed his healthcare liability lawsuit against Michael P. Thomas, M.D., and Alvarez had neither filed an expert report — as required by Article 4590i, Section 13, of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes — addressing Thomas’ actions, nor sought or received any extension of time to file such a report. So, on March 22, 2004, Thomas mailed to the district clerk a motion to dismiss Alvarez’s petition for failure to file the expert report. 1 That would have entitled Thomas to a dismissal, with…
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