In a rare opinion that should make life easier for medical-malpractice plaintiffs attorneys, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that expert reports do not have to address every liability theory presented in the corresponding original petitions.
The adequacy of expert reports, which the Texas Medical Liability Act requires, is a regular battleground between litigants in med-mal cases. And appeals from those disputes have caused numerous splits of opinions from Texas’ 14 intermediate courts of appeal on the issue.
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