Legal Opinion
Palafox v. Silvey
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided November 1, 2007No. 08-06-00313-CVPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Chief Justice.
Dr. Andrew Palafox appeals the denial of his motion to dismiss this medical malpractice suit due to the inadequacy of Ap-pellee’s expert reports. We affirm.
Carmen Jiner was transferred from Mountain View Health Care Center, a nursing home where she had lived for over two years, to Sierra Medical Center on January 23, 2004. 1 She was scheduled for minor, elective shoulder surgery with Appellant, orthopedist Dr. Andrew Palafox. In the nursing home, Jiner had been restricted to a “mechanical” or pureed diet, due to poor dental health, trouble chewing,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Broders v. HeiseTexas Supreme Court · 1996
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