Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Gomez
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided January 8, 2009No. 13-08-00054-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice VALDEZ.
Appellant, Samuel Garcia, Jr., M.D., appeals a judgment dismissing a health care liability claim brought by appellee, Maria Gomez, individually, and as representative of the estate of Ofelia Marroquin. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & RemCode Ann. § 51.014(a)(9) (Vernon Supp.2008). By one issue, Garcia contends the trial court erred in denying him an award of attorney’s fees after it dismissed a health care liability claim against him. See id. § 74.351(b) (Vernon Supp.2008). We affirm.
I. Background
After undergoing abdominal surgery, Marroquin died from a pulmonary…
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