Legal Opinion
Key v. Muse
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided November 28, 2011No. 05-11-00071-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By
Justice MURPHY.
This accelerated interlocutory appeal presents the question of first impression in this Court of whether a defendant who has not been served with citation or appeared in a health care liability lawsuit is a “party” for purposes of the expert-report requirements of subsection 74.351(a). See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 74.351(a) (West 2011). James David Key, M.D. challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss Gwen Muse’s health care liability lawsuit against him, contending in two issues that Muse’s expert report was not timely served, and…
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