Hovorka v. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

OPINION

KENNETH R. CARR, Justice.

Appellant, John W. Hovorka, M.D., appeals the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of Appellees, Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”), Big Bend Hospital Corporation d/b/a Big Bend Regional Medical Center (the “Hospital”), and Big Bend Regional Hospital District, on their breach of contract counterclaims. Hovorka also appeals the jury’s verdict against him on his fraud claim. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

I. BACKGROUND

The Hospital is a fifty-bed general acute-care hospital in Alpine, Texas, which is owned and operated by Big…