Malpractice Claims Sent Back To Trial Court After Panel Upholds Expert Report

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 8:42 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A trial court abused its discretion in dismissing malpractice claims against a Texas hospital for the death of a 46-year-old woman who was awaiting a lung transplant and in excluding an expert’s opinion that all of the medical workers involved breached the standard of care to follow orders of the physician in charge, a state appeals court held May 9 in reversing and remanding (Aimee Harvey, et al., v. Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc., et al., No. 14-17-00479-CV, Texas App., 14th Dist., 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 3765)....