Crites v. Collins

In this health care liability lawsuit, the plaintiffs voluntarily nonsuited their claims against the defendant health care provider after failing to serve a medical expert report within the 120-day deadline required by the Medical Liability Insurance Improvement Act (MLIIA). See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code § 74.351. Before the trial court entered an order of nonsuit, the defendant filed a motion for dismissal with prejudice and for attorneys’ fees and costs as sanctions for noncompliance with the expert report deadline. See id. A month after the trial court signed the order of nonsuit, it…