On July 1, the Texas Supreme Court held that tort reform measures the state Legislature passed in 2003 limit medical expenses recoverable in a “wrongful personal injury” suit to the amount “actually paid or incurred by or on behalf of the claimant.”
Hospitals and other medical providers often initially state “full” charges that will be less than the amount patients or their insurers ultimately pay or owe for care and services, the majority noted in Aaron Glenn Haygood v. Margarita Garza de Escabedo.
