Tenet Hospitals Limited D/B/A Sierra Medical Center v. Sandra Bernal, Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Margarita G. Medrano, Carolina Hernandez, Carlos M. Medrano, Maria Magdalena Alexus, Raul Medrano and Maria v. Tellez

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 18, 2015
• Docket: 08-14-00181-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS TENET HOSPITALS LIMITED d/b/a § SIERRA MEDICAL CENTER, No. 08-14-00181-CV § Appellant, Appeal from the § v. 120th Judicial District Court § SANDRA BERNAL, Individually and as of El Paso County, Texas Independent Administrator of the Estate of § Margarita G. Medrano, Deceased, (TC#2013DCV3968) CAROLINA HERNANDEZ, CARLOS M. § MEDRANO, MARIA MAGDALENA ALEXUS, RAUL MEDRANO AND § MARIA V. TELLEZ, § Appellees. JUDGMENT

The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes there was error in the

trial court’s order denying Appellant’s motion to dismiss. We therefore reverse the trial court’s

order denying Appellant’s motion to dismiss and remand for the trial court to consider granting

Appellees a thirty-day extension to cure their expert reports, in accordance with our opinion.

We further order that each party bear their own appellate costs, for which let execution

issue. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2015.

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice

Before Rodriguez, J., Hughes, J., and Larsen, J. (Senior Judge) Larsen, J. (Senior Judge), sitting by assignment