CHCA Woman's Hospital, L.P. v. Lidji

In this interlocutory appeal, we are once again called upon to interpret and apply the Texas Medical Liability Act’s (TMLA) expert-report requirement, contained in section 74.351 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. With respect to health care liability claims governed by the TMLA, a claimant is generally required to serve an expert report on each physician or health care provider against whom such a claim is asserted no later than 120 days after the original petition is filed. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code § 74.351(a).1 Failure to do so results in dismissal of the claim with prejudice…