Panel Reverses Dismissal Of Expert Report In Nursing Home Negligence Suit

(May 25, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — The Fifth District Texas Court of Appeals on May 22 reversed a trial court’s dismissal of a plaintiff’s amended expert report in a lawsuit alleging that a nursing facility’s negligence contributed to the death of one of the facility’s residents because the amended expert report established a causal relationship between the breach of the standard of care and the injuries that ultimately led to the resident’s death (Vickie Jones, et al. v. Ashford Hall Inc., et al., No. 05-16-01402, Texas App., 5th Dist., 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 3653)....