Lezlea Ross v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

In this case a visitor to St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital sued the hospital on a premises liability theory after she slipped and fell near the lobby exit doors. The issue is whether her suit is a health care liability claim under the Texas Medical Liability Act. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 74. The trial court and court of appeals concluded that it is. We hold that it is not, because the record does not demonstrate a relationship between the safety standards she alleged the hospital breached — standards for maintaining the floor inside the lobby exit doors — and the provision of health…