Barber v. Dean

OPINION

BILL MEIER, Justice.

I. Introduction

In three issues, appellants Malcolm Barber and Leann Barber appeal the trial court’s order dismissing their health care liability claims against Appellees William F. Dean, M.D., Mikko Peter Tauriainen, M.D., and Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical Group of Wichita Falls, P.A. (“CTSG”). See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 74.351(b) (Vernon Supp. 2009). We will affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

II. Factual and PROCEDURAL Background

According to Appellants’ original petition and the expert report of Jeffrey Alan Wagner, M.D., M.B.A., in…