Legal Opinion
Hill Regional Hospital v. Runnels
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 2008No. 07-0368PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The surviving wife and adult children of Glendon Runnels filed this suit claiming Hill Regional Hospital 1 was negligent in failing to diagnose and treat a pulmonary embolism. As required by statute, within 120 days of filing Runnels served curriculum vita and expert reports signed by Dr. Jeffrey Kopita and registered nurse Debora Simmons. 2 Hill Regional Hospital moved for dismissal and attorney’s fees on the ground that the expert reports were inadequate, 3 but the trial court denied the motion.
Hill Regional Hospital filed a timely interlocutory appeal with the Tenth Court of Appeals, which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lewis v. Funderburk Ex Rel. FunderburkTexas Supreme Court · 2008
- Hill Regional Hospital v. Runnels, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2007
3Cited by5 opinions
- Carol Wooten v. Eberhard Samlowski, M.D., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
- Claudia Garza v. Javier A. Saenz, M.D., Improperly Named as Javier A. Saenz, D/B/A Javier A. Saenz, M.D., P.A., and F/K/A Saenz Medical Center, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2010
- Claudia Garza v. Javier A. Saenz, M.D., Improperly Named as Javier A. Saenz, D/B/A Javier A. Saenz, M.D., P.A., and F/K/A Saenz Medical Center, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2010
- Wooten v. Samlowski, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
- Wooten v. Samlowski, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008