Tyler Scoresby, M.D. v. Catarino Santillan, Individually and as Next Friend of Samuel Santillan, a Minor

in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice WILLETT, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice LEHRMANN joined.

The Medical Liability Act1 entitles a defendant to dismissal of a health care liability claim if, within 120 days of the date suit was filed, he is not served with an expert report showing that the claim against him has merit.2 The trial court’s refusal to dismiss is immediately appealable.3 The Act sets specific requirements for an adequate report4 and mandates that “an objective good faith effort [be made] to comply” with them,5 but it also authorizes the trial court…