BEAUMONT, Texas – The Ninth District Texas Court of Appeals, Beaumont, on June 16 affirmed a trial court order approving the expert reports a plaintiff filed in a health care liability lawsuit against Pinnacle Health Facilities of Texas and its nursing home, The Oaks at Beaumont. The appeals court concluded that the experts were qualified to offer opinions as to standard of care and causation and that their reports sufficiently met the requirements found in the Texas Code of Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 74 (Pinnacle Health Facilities of Texas, XI, LP, d/b/a The Oaks at Beaumont, et al. v. Delores Calvin, et al., No. 09-11-00025-CV, Texas App., 9th Dist., at Beaumont; 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 4515).
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