Legal Opinion

TENET HOSPITALS, LTD. v. Gomez

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided January 24, 2008No. 08-07-00003-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case in which the trial court denied the hospital’s motion to dismiss and granted the plaintiffs a thirty-day extension of time to cure deficient expert reports. At issue is whether the hospital has a right of interlocutory appeal under Chapter 74 of the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act. Because an interlocutory appeal is unavailable, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. 1

FACTUAL SUMMARY

On November 7, 2003, 38-year-old Lorenzo Gomez was conducting tactical exercises when he felt dizzy, developed a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ogletree v. MatthewsTexas Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Austin Heart, P.A. v. Webb, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
  3. Padilla v. Loweree, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2007
  4. In Re Tenet Hospitals, Ltd., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2008

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Kelly Ryan Cook, P.A. v. Spears, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2008
  2. Scoresby v. SantillanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2009
  3. Simmons v. TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2010
  4. Morris v. UMBERSON, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2009
  5. Karen Scruggs Simmons, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Brandon Scruggs v. Texoma Medical Center, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2010

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