Texas Panel Says Expert Report Met Causation Standard In Care Home Liability Suit

Mealey's (July 27, 2022, 8:54 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas appellate court on July 14 affirmed a trial court order denying a nursing home’s motion to dismiss a health care liability suit filed against it by the estate representative of a woman who died at the nursing home, finding that the representative’s expert witness report complied with the statutory “standard of care, breach, and causation requirements and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion” in denying the motion to dismiss....