Lewis v. Funderburk Ex Rel. Funderburk

in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON and Justice WILLETT joined.

In an effort to stem frivolous suits against health care providers, the Legislature has made a number of changes in the rules of civil litigation. Among them has been a requirement since 1995 for early expert reports,1 and a provision since 2003 for interlocutory review of those reports.2 Since adoption of the latter provision, 12 of *206the 14 courts of appeals in Texas have routinely conducted interlocutory review of allegedly inadequate reports.3 But…