Lee v. Mitchell

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice ROSENBERG.

Winnell Lee and Vernon M. Lee (the Lees) appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their medical malpractice claim against Charles D. Mitchell, M.D., challenging the trial court’s holding that the physician’s expert report required by section 13.01(d) of the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act (the Act) must be signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in Texas. See Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 4590i, § 13.01(d) (Vernon Supp.2000). In seven issues, the Lees complain that the Act does not impose a requirement that a physician making an…