Columbia Hospital Corp. of Houston v. Moore

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

The first-impression issues in this appeal are (1) whether prejudgment interest assessed under the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act’s (MLIIA)1 subchapter P is excluded from the damages cap and (2) whether the damages cap applicable to a single defendant who is jointly and severally liable may be multiplied by the number of culpable defendants. The trial judge answered both in the affirmative and rendered judgment ae-*555cordingly. We agree with the trial judge only on the first issue. Accordingly, we reverse and remand with instructions.

I. Background

Charlotte…