Legal Opinion
Ponce v. El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd.
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided June 7, 2001No. 08-00-00227-CVPublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCLURE, Justice.
Maria Elena Ponce (“Ponce”) appeals from an order dismissing her suit against El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd. d/b/a Columbia Medical Center-East (“Columbia”). We affirm.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
Following surgery to repair a left rota-tor cuff injury in late 1997, Ponce began physical therapy at Columbia. According to her pleadings, she suffered a re-injury of the rotator cuff during her first physical therapy session and subsequently had to undergo surgery to repair it. On August 18,1999, Ponce filed suit against Columbia, alleging negligence on the part of the treating…
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