Strobel v. Marlow

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice MOSELEY.

In this accelerated interlocutory appeal, we must first decide if appellant Gary D. Strobel, a prosthetist, is a “health care provider” as that term is defined in chapter 74 of the civil practice and remedies code. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 74.001(a)(12)(A) (West 2005). If he is, then we must decide whether appellees Larry and Patricia Marlow complied with the expert report requirements of that chapter. See id. § 74.351(a) (West 2011). As discussed herein, we conclude Strobel is a health care provider under the statute, and that the Marlows failed…