Christus Health v. Beal

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

Appellant, Christus Health d/b/a Chris-tus New Horizons Center (“Christus”), appeals from the trial court’s order denying its motion to dismiss for failure to file an expert report. In two issues, Christus argues that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to dismiss because (1) Christus is a health care provider and (2) the appellee has asserted a health care liability claim.

We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

On January 18, 2006, while a resident at Christus, a drug and alcohol treatment center, Bennie Beal, III, was injured when the…