Legal Opinion
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center v. Lucero
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided September 5, 2007No. 08-05-00297-CVPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
This is a medical malpractice case filed against a governmental entity pursuant to the Texas Tort Claims Act (the Act). Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Tech) appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of Rickey Lucero and Larry Luce-ro, Survivors and Heirs at Law of Patricia Lucero, Decedent, and the Estate of Patricia Lucero (Lucero). We affirm.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
On January 22, 2001, seventy-eight-year-old Patricia Lucero underwent laproscopic removal of her gallbladder. A Tech physician, Dr. Emmett McGuire, performed the surgery. The procedure…
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