Ortiz v. Shah

OPINION

FOWLER, Justice.

This medical malpractice case comes to us on appeal as the result of a summary judgment in favor of appellee Daulat Shah, M.D. In one point of error, appellant claims the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because Dr. Shah had established a doctor-patient relationship with Ronald Ortiz and therefore had a duty to treat him in the emergency room. Because we find no doctor-patient relationship, and therefore no duty, we affirm the summary judgment.

THE FACTS

Ronald Ortiz (“Ronald”) was brought into a hospital emergency room with a gunshot wound to the chest. Dr.…