In Re Hamilton Medical, Inc. and Hamilton Medical, AG v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 26, 2025
• Docket: 01-25-00586-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued August 26, 2025

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00586-CV ——————————— IN RE HAMILTON MEDICAL, INC. AND HAMILTON MEDICAL, AG, Relators

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relators, Hamilton Medical, Inc. and Hamilton Medical, AG, filed a petition

for writ of mandamus asserting that the trial court erred by ordering the production

of “voluminous, legally immaterial” documents “under conditions that make it

impossible for [relators] to properly prepare” for the current October 20, 2025 trial

setting.1 Relators’ petition requests that the Court “find [that] the lower court erred

1 The underlying case is Rocio Salazar, a/n/f of Jorge Piedra, Jr. and Cassandra Cavazos, a/n/f of XXXXXXXX v. U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc., Anitha Mwemezi, by compelling production of ‘design documents’” and “direct the [trial court] to

vacate the October 20, 2025 trial setting and reset the [trial] after the parties have

had a reasonable opportunity to complete discovery.”

In connection with their mandamus petition, relators filed a “Motion for

[Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure] 52.10 Relief.” In their motion, relators

requested that the Court stay: (1) the August 11, 2025 production deadline compelled

by the trial court and (2) the October 20, 2025 trial setting pending this Court’s

disposition of the petition for writ of mandamus. The Court granted relators’ motion,

in part, staying any discovery obligations pending the Court’s review of the

mandamus petition. The Court further requested a response to the petition for writ

of mandamus from real parties in interest, Rocio Salazar, as next friend of Jorge

Piedra, Jr. and Cassandra Cavazos, as next friend of XXXXXXXX, a minor. A

response was filed by real parties in interest on August 15, 2025.

We conclude that relators have failed to establish they are entitled to

mandamus relief. The Court therefore lifts the stay imposed by our August 7, 2025

C.R.N.A., U.S. Anesthesia Partners of Texas, P.A., Hamilton Medical, Inc., Hamilton Medical, AG, Hamilton Medical Management, Inc., Hamilton Technologies LLC, Hamilton Co., Hamilton Holding Management Corp., GE Healthcare Inc., Maxwell Exiga, US Med-Equip, LLC, and GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Cause No. 2022- 76058, in the 190th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Beau Miller presiding.

2 order and denies relators’ petition for writ of mandamus. We dismiss any pending

motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Gunn, and Dokupil.