Spence Kerrigan, Individually and as Attorney in Fact to Kathleen Kerrigan v. Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center

OPINION

JEFFREY V. BROWN, Justice.

This is a case concerning the scope of a statutorily-defined term: “Health care liability claim.” See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.001(a)(13). The trial court concluded that parts of the case were healthcare-liability claims and other parts were not, and it dismissed those claims it determined were health-care-liability claims because Spence Kerrigan failed to timely produce any expert reports. See id. § 74.351(b). Both parties have appealed. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I

Most of the relevant facts are undisputed. At 4:29 p.m. on January…