HCLC




Halim v. Ramchandani, (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 31, 2006)(Frost)
[medical malpractice, negligence, causation, expert testimony, jury verdict in favor of defendants affirmed]
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost
Before Justices Frost, Seymore and Mirabal)
14-04-00914-CV Fahim S. Halim v. Mahesh Ramchandani, M.D.; Texas Surgical Associates, P.A., Texas
Surgical Associates; and The Methodist Hospital
Appeal from 189th District Court of Harris County (Judge James Bradley Smith)

Miles v. Caraway (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 29, 2006)(Guzman)
[HCLC, medical malpractice, jury verdict in favor of defendants affirmed]
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Guzman
Before Judge Murphy, Justices Brock Yates and Guzman
14-06-00010-CV Christopher M. Miles, Individually and as Successor Independent Executor of the Estate of
Jacquelyn Patten Miles, Deceased, Et Al v. Michael D. Caraway, MD and Memorial Southwest Emergency
Physicians, LLP - Appeal from Probate Court No 2 of Harris County (Judge Michael James Wood )

D’Arcy v. Mead (Tex.App.– Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 1, 2006)(by Harvey Hudson)
[health care liability claim, untimely filing of expert report, interlocutory appeal ILA, suit barred, 120-day period
started to run when first suite filed, nonsuit and refiling not viable as a remedy]
REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Hudson
Before Judge Amidei, Justices Hudson and Mirabal (Senior Justice Margaret Garner Mirabal and Former Justice
Maurice E. Amidei sitting by assignment.)
14-04-01220-CV Daniel D'Arcy, M.D v. James F. Mead, Jr. and Diane P. Mead, Individually, and As Next
Friends of James Franklin Mead, III, Robert Mead, and Thomas Mead, Minors
Appeal from 333rd District Court of Harris County (Judge Joseph J. Halbach)

Manor Care Health Services, Inc. v. Ragan (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 12, 2006)(Hedges)
[HCLC, ILA, denial of motion to dismiss]
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
(Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Anderson)
14-05-00658-CV        Manor Care Health Services, Inc., Four Season's Nursing Centers, Inc. d/b/a Manor Care
Health Care, Statex Corporation d/b/a Manor Care Health Services, HCR Manorcare Mesquite, L.P., and
Healthcare & Retirement Corporation of America v. Jerome Ragan, Individually and on behalf of the Estate of
Paulette Ragan, Deceased--Appeal from 152nd District Court of Harris County (Hon. Kenneth P, Wise)