Ricardo Barrera, M.D. v. Isela Rico and Manuel Rico, Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of Gloria Rico, a Minor

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 21, 2005
• Docket: 13-04-00480-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

                             NUMBER 13-04-480-CV

                         COURT OF APPEALS

               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

RICARDO BARRERA, M.D.,                                        Appellant,

                                           v.

ISELA RICO AND MANUEL RICO,

INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARENTS AND

NEXT FRIENDS OF GLORIA RICO, A MINOR,                Appellees.

                  On appeal from the 206th District Court

                           of Hidalgo  County, Texas.

            DISSENTING MEMORANDUM OPINION

                Before Justices Yañez, Castillo, and Garza

          Dissenting Memorandum Opinion by Justice Castillo

I respectfully dissent.  This appeal stems from the denial of two motions to dismiss and for sanctions alleging failure to comply with the statutory requirements to provide adequate expert reports.  Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 4590i _ 13.01 (Vernon Supp. 2002) (recodified as Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. _ 74.351 (Vernon Supp. 2004-05)).  I agree that the orders denying the motions to dismiss and for sanctions were interlocutory when denied.  However, because the case is a pre-amendment case, interlocutory appeal was unavailable.  See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. _ 51.014(a)(9) (Vernon Supp. 2004-05).  I would hold that the orders became final and appealable when the trial court dismissed the case without prejudice. Respectfully, I conclude that we have jurisdiction.    

ERRLINDA CASTILLO

Justice

Dissenting Memorandum Opinion delivered

and filed this 21st day of July, 2005.