Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Mendoza
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided January 11, 2007No. 08-06-00089-CVPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
Dr. Alicia G. Murphy and Dr. Mariano Allen appeal the denial of their motion to dismiss this medical malpractice suit due to the inadequacy of the plaintiffs expert report. We reverse and remand.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
Rick and Irene Mendoza filed suit against Dr. Murphy, Dr. Allen, and Las Palmas Medical Center in March 2005. The Mendozas alleged that the doctors, both of whom are pathologists, were negligent in reading Rick’s bladder biopsy. 1 The radiology report indicated malignant papillary transitional cell carcinoma with extension into lamina propria and…
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