in Re: Columbia Medical Center of Arlington Subsidiary, L.P. D/B/A Medical Center Arlington

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 10, 2015
• Docket: 05-15-00866-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

ACCEPTED 05-15-00866-CV FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 9/10/2015 3:56:43 PM LISA MATZ CLERK

NO. 05-15-00866-CV FILED IN 5th COURT OF APPEALS DALLAS, TEXAS 9/10/2015 3:56:43 PM IN THE COURT OF APPEALS LISA MATZ FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS Clerk AT DALLAS, TEXAS

IN RE COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER OF ARLINGTON SUBSIDIARY, L.P. D/B/A MEDICAL CENTER ARLINGTON, Relator.

Original Proceeding Arising Out of the County Court at Law No. 3, Dallas County, Texas Cause No. CC-14-06294-C (Hon. Sally L. Montgomery)

JOINT STATUS REPORT

TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS:

COME NOW, Relator Columbia Medical Center of Arlington Subsidiary,

L.P. d/b/a Medical Center of Arlington (“Relator” or “MCA”), and Caden Clark,

Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Katina Clark, and as Next

Friend of A.O.C. and A.F.C., Minors, (“Real Party” or “Clark”) and pursuant to

this Court’s September 1, 2015 order, file this Joint Status Report.

1. On July 17, 2015, Relator filed this original proceeding moving the

court for a writ of mandamus directing the Respondent, the Hon. Sally

Montgomery of the County Court at Law No. 3, Dallas County, Texas, to vacate,

JOINT STATUS REPORT PAGE 1 D/933231V1 in part, her July 6, 2015 rulings and order compelling production of Katina Clark’s

electronic health records. Relator contemporaneously filed its Emergency Motion

for Temporary Relief, asking this Court to stay subpart “a” of Respondent’s order.

2. On July 17, 2015, this Court issued its Order granting the Emergency

Motion for Temporary Relief and stayed the entirety of subpart “a” of

Respondent’s July 6, 2015 order.

3. At the July 20, 2015, hearing on Relator’s Partial Motion to

Reconsider at the trial court, Relator and Real Party advised the trial court that they

had resolved the motion to reconsider by agreement, which Relator and Real Party

then read into the record.

4. By letter dated July 21, 2015, Relator advised this Court that the

parties had reached an agreement regarding the discovery dispute at issue in this

original proceeding.

5. On August 18, 2015, the parties submitted to Respondent an Agreed

Order memorializing the parties’ agreement, requesting that Respondent enter said

order.

6. On September 1, 2015, this Court ordered the parties to file a joint

status report within ten days advising the Court of the status of this matter.

7. On September 4, 2015, Respondent signed the Agreed Order

previously submitted by the parties.

JOINT STATUS REPORT PAGE 2 D/933231V1 8. Accordingly, because the parties have come to an agreement

regarding the discovery dispute in the underlying suit, and have now received the

Agreed Order signed and entered by the trial court, Relator is contemporaneously

filing its Motion to Dismiss the original proceeding without prejudice.

Respectfully submitted,

COOPER & SCULLY, P.C.

By: /s/Diana L. Faust DIANA L. FAUST diana.faust@cooperscully.com State Bar No. 00793717 CORY M. SUTKER cory.sutker@cooperscully.com Texas Bar No. 24037569 KYLE M. BURKE kyle.burke@cooperscully.com Texas Bar No. 24073089 900 Jackson, Suite 100 Dallas, Texas 75202 TEL: (214) 712-9500 FAX: (214) 712-9540

POLSINELLI, P.C. DAVID E. OLESKY dolesky@polsinelli.com State Bar No. 00784696 2501 N. Harwood, Suite 1900 Dallas, Texas 75201 TEL: (214) 397-0030 FAX: (214) 279-8861

ATTORNEYS FOR RELATOR

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By: /s/Jeremy C. Martin JEREMY C. MARTIN

Mr. Christopher S. Hamilton chamilton@standlyhamilton.com Ms. Angela T. Pacheco apacheco@standlyhamilton.com Mr. Kevin N. Colquitt kcolqitt@standlyhamilton.com Standly Hamilton, LLP 325 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 3300 Dallas, Texas 75201

Mr. Stephen F. Malouf smalouf@smalouf.com Mr. Jeremy C. Martin jmartin@smalouf.com Malouf & Nockels, LLP 3811 Turtle Creek, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75219

ATTORNEYS FOR REAL PARTY IN INTEREST

JOINT STATUS REPORT PAGE 4 D/933231V1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing instrument was served on the 10th day of September 2015, to the following counsel of record and to Respondent :

Hon. Sally L. Montgomery VIA FAX (214) 653-6336 County Court at Law No. 3 George L. Allen, Sr. Courts Building 600 Commerce Street, 5th Floor New Tower Dallas, Texas 75202 Respondent

Mr. Christopher S. Hamilton VIA EFILE chamilton@standlyhamilton.com Ms. Angela T. Pacheco apacheco@standlyhamilton.com Mr. Kevin N. Colquitt kcolqitt@standlyhamilton.com Standly Hamilton, LLP 325 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 3300 Dallas, Texas 75201 Counsel for Real Party in Interest

Mr. Stephen F. Malouf VIA EFILE smalouf@smalouf.com Mr. Jeremy C. Martin jmartin@smalouf.com Malouf & Nockels, LLP 3811 Turtle Creek, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75219 Co-Counsel for Real Party in Interest

JOINT STATUS REPORT PAGE 5 D/933231V1 Mr. Vernon L. Krueger VIA EFILE vernon@kbbllp.com Mr. Landon L. Krueger landon@kbbllp.com Krueger, Bell & Bailey, LLP 1701 N. Market Street, Suite 318, LB 45 Dallas, Texas 75202 Counsel for Defendants Texas Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants, P.A., and Ermilo Duane Dilley, M.D.

Mr. Robert Begert VIA EFILE bbegert@brlaw.com Ms. Jennifer A. King jking@brlaw.com Burford & Ryburn, LLP 3100 Lincoln Plaza 500 North Akard Dallas, Texas 75201 Counsel for Defendants Questcare Medical Services, P.A. d/b/a Questcare Partners, and Jared Lee Richardson, M.D.

Mr. Stan Thiebaud VIA EFILE sthiebaud@trtblaw.com Mr. Russell G. Thornton rthornton@trtblaw.com Thiebaud Remington Thornton Bailey, LLP Two Energy Square, Suite 1150 4849 Greenville Avenue Dallas, Texas 75206 Counsel for Defendants Acute Surgical Care Specialist, PLLC And Jennifer Marye Burris, M.D.

/s/Diana L. Faust DIANA L. FAUST

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