Legal Opinion
Giddens v. Brooks
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided December 19, 2002No. 09-01-142 CVPublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.
The trial court dismissed with prejudice this medical malpractice suit because the plaintiff, James E. Giddens, failed to produce an expert report supporting his claim. Appellant Giddens broke his jaw in a motor vehicle accident in July 1998 and thereafter sued Dr. Karen Brooks and Memorial Medical Center of East Texas (“Hospital”) regarding his medical treatment. He alleges that Brooks negligently failed to diagnose and treat the jaw injury, and that it was not until some weeks after the accident that another physician correctly diagnosed the fracture and…
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