Houston Methodist Hospital F/K/A the Methodist Hospital v. Kara Nguyen

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 29, 2014
• Docket: 14-14-01006-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 14-14-01006-CV FOURTEENTH12/18/2014 9:35:49 COURT OF AM APPEALS Chris Daniel - District ClerkHOUSTON, Harris County TEXAS Envelope No. 3528648 12/29/2014 4:28:05 PM By: Phyllis WashingtonPRINE CHRISTOPHER Filed: 12/18/2014 9:35:49 AM CLERK

CAUSE NO. 2014-17076

KARA NGUYEN § IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FILED IN § 14th COURT OF APPEALS Plaintiff, § HOUSTON, TEXAS § 12/29/2014 4:28:05 PM V. § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE § Clerk ZIAD AMR, M.D.; ANNA BELCHEVA, § M.D.; JORGE LEIVA, M.D.; ANDRE § ARASH LIGHVANI, M.D.; AND THE § METHODIST HOSPITAL § § Defendants. § 234TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF APPEAL

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.1, Defendant Houston Methodist

Hospital f/k/a The Methodist Hospital hereby files this notice of appeal and gives notice of its

intent to appeal. Defendant desires to appeal the district court’s Order signed December 15,

2014, together with all written orders, rulings, and rulings by operation of law. This is an

accelerated appeal; it is not a parental termination or child protection case. This accelerated

appeal is taken from the 234th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable

Wesley R. Ward presiding, and taken to the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston,

Texas.

As required by the Local Rules for the First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston,

Texas, I certify that no related case on appeal or original proceeding has been previously filed in

either the First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals. Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT PATTON PC

By: /s/Dwight W. Scott DWIGHT W. SCOTT, JR. Texas Bar No. 24027968 dscott@scottpattonlaw.com CAROLYN CAPOCCIA SMITH Texas Bar No. 24037511 csmith@scottpattonlaw.com 3939 Washington Avenue, Suite 203 Houston, Texas 77007 Telephone: (281) 377-3266 Facsimile: (281) 377-3267

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT, HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL F/K/A THE METHODIST HOSPITAL

2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document has been served on all counsel of record via the court’s electronic filing system, on this the 18th day of December 2014.

Gregory Q. Fibich FIBICH HAMPTON 1150 Bissonnet Street Houston, Texas 77005 Attorney for Plaintiff

Frank N. Luccia Joseph I. Balat LUCCIA & EVANS, LLP 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1450 Houston, Texas 77046 Attorneys for Defendant Anna Belcheva, MD

Joel Randal Sprott Diana M. Cavazos SPROTT RIGBY NEWSOM LUNCEFORD 2211 Norfolk, Suite 1150 Houston, Texas 77098 Attorneys for Defendant Andre Lighvani, MD

John P. Scott SHEPHERD, SCOTT, CLAWATER & HOUSTON, LLP 2777 Allen Parkway, 7th Floor Houston, Texas 77019 Attorneys for Defendants Ziad Amr, MD and Jorge Leiva, MD

/s/ Dwight Scott DWIGHT W. SCOTT, JR.