Sue Abshire v. Christus Health Southeast Texas D/B/A Christus Hospital-St. Elizabeth
Texas Supreme Court
1Per curiam
*221 The Texas Medical Liability Act requires a health care claimant to furnish a written expert report early in the proceedings summarizing the applicable standards of care and explaining how the provider's alleged negligence caused the claimant's injury. In this case, the court of appeals held that the claimant's expert report was insufficient as to causation with respect to one of her providers and dismissed her claims against that provider. We hold that the expert report adequately addressed both causation and the standard of care. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals' judgment and…
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