Kelly v. Rendon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing “the statute does not require a medical expert be practicing in the exact same field as the defendant physician, but instead must only be actively practicing medicine in rendering medical care services relevant to the claim”
• emphasizing expert reports “are simply a preliminary method to show a plaintiff has a viable cause of action that is not frivolous or without expert support”
• expert could rely on information stated in nurse’s report in forming his opinion
• “The expert report is not required to prove the defendant’s liability.”
• “The expert report is not required to prove the defendant’s liability.”
• “While a nurse’s report, standing alone, is inadequate to meet the requirements of the statute as to medical causation, nothing in the health care liability statute prohibits an otherwise qualified physician from relying on a nurse’s report in the formation of the physician’s own opinion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

89 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bogar v. Esparza
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-05-16· cited 90×
• Benish v. Grottie
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-02-19· cited 70×
• Baylor College of Medicine v. Pokluda
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-04-14· cited 68×
• Wendy Collini, M.D. v. Martha Pustejovsky
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2009-02-12· cited 63×
• Moore v. Gatica
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-10-09· cited 56×
• Granbury Minor Emergency Clinic v. Thiel
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-08-27· cited 50×
• Gannon v. Wyche
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-08-31· cited 44×
• Owens v. Handyside
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-10-08· cited 37×
• Barber v. Mercer
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-10-15· cited 36×
• Kingwood Pines Hospital, LLC v. Gomez
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-11-22· cited 33×
• Schronk v. City of Burleson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-07-22· cited 27×
• Sheila Bailey v. Amaya Clinic, Inc and Dr. David W. Powell
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-05-30· cited 20×
• Tenet Hospitals, Ltd. v. Garcia
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-22· cited 16×
• TTHR, L.P. v. Guyden
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-08-31· cited 12×
• Texas Cypress Creek Hospital, L.P. v. Hickman
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-12-02· cited 10×
• Renee Rice, D.O. and NSR Physicians, P.A. v. Patricia A. McLaren
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2018-06-26· cited 8×
• Healthsouth Rehab. Hosp. of Beaumont, LLC v. Abshire
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-03-30· cited 5×
• Anderson v. Gonzalez
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2010-04-22· cited 4×
• Lucas v. Clearlake Senior Living Ltd. Partnership
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-12· cited 4×
• JSC Lake Highlands Operations, LP D/B/A Villages of Lake Highlands, Metrostat Diagnostic Services, Inc., Richard M. Williams, M.D. and Richard M. Williams, M.D., P.L.L.C. v. Karen Miller, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Betty Ruth Hathcock and Betty Crockett, Individually
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2016-08-31· cited 1×

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• American Transitional Care Centers of Texas, Inc. v. Palacios
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-06-28· cited 1,858×
• Bowie Memorial Hospital v. Wright
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-06-13· cited 1,330×
• Broders v. Heise
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-06-14· cited 767×
• Blan v. Ali
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-11-18· cited 269×
• Gray v. CHCA Bayshore L.P.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-01-26· cited 212×
• Costello v. Christus Santa Rosa Health Care Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-06-23· cited 131×
• Rittmer v. Garza
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-08-09· cited 130×
• MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM v. Burrell
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-06-28· cited 126×
• Taylor v. Christus Spohn Health System Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2005-08-30· cited 113×
• Strom v. Memorial Hermann Hospital System
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-05-29· cited 112×
• Longino v. Crosswhite Ex Rel. Crosswhite
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-01-27· cited 89×
• Estate of Regis v. Harris County Hospital District
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-10-10· cited 83×
• Patel v. Williams Ex Rel. Estate of Mitchell
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-11-06· cited 73×
• Hardy v. Marsh
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-08-17· cited 71×
• Packard v. Guerra
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-04-24· cited 66×
• Apodaca v. Russo
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-05-02· cited 65×
• Sanjar v. Turner
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-02-19· cited 64×
• Russ v. Titus Hospital District
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2004-02-03· cited 63×
• In Re Stacy K. Boone, Pa
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2006-02-14· cited 63×
• Shaw v. BMW Healthcare, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2002-11-08· cited 41×