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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Affirmed </SPAN></B></A><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">and Opinion filed September 18,=20
      2007.</SPAN></B></P>
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      Court of Appeals</SPAN></B></P>
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">NO. <A =
name=3Da2>14-06-00</A>902-CV</SPAN></B></P>
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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">ALISTA MAXWELL, Appellant</SPAN></B></P>
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      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">V.</SPAN></B></P>
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">HEIDI JANE SEIFERT, =
Appellee</SPAN></B></P>
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">On Appeal from the 270th District=20
      Court</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><A=20
      name=3Da6></A><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Harris County,=20
      Texas</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Trial Court Cause No.<A name=3Da7></A>=20
      2006-20490</SPAN></B></P>
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 4.9pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt">&nbsp;O P I N I =
O=20
      N</SPAN></B></P></DIV><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN></B>
      <DIV class=3DSection2>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Alista Maxwell, =
appellant, sued=20
      Dr. Heidi Jane Seifert, appellee, for medical malpractice.&nbsp; =
Dr.=20
      Seifert filed a motion to dismiss for failure to timely file an =
expert=20
      report as required under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code =
section=20
      74.351.&nbsp; After conducting a hearing, the trial court granted =
Dr.=20
      Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s motion to =
dismiss.&nbsp; In=20
      three issues, Maxwell contends the trial court erred by: (1) =
dismissing a=20
      new claim that she added the day before the hearing, (2)&nbsp;=20
      determining&nbsp; medical records which were provided in response =
to Dr.=20
      Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s discovery requests =
could not=20
      constitute an expert report, and (3) failing to rule on=20
      Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s request for a =
thirty-day=20
      extension to cure a deficiency in the required expert =
report.&nbsp; We=20
      affirm.&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">I.&nbsp;=20
      Background</SPAN></B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">=20
      </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">On April 21, 2004, =
Dr. Heidi=20
      Seifert gave Alista Maxwell an epidural steroid injection to treat =
neck=20
      pain.&nbsp; Dr. Seifert used a fluoroscope to guide the needle =
into=20
      Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s spinal =
region.&nbsp; After=20
      the procedure, Maxwell suffered paralysis on her left side and =
temporary=20
      vision loss in her left eye.&nbsp; Subsequently, Maxwell was =
examined by=20
      Dr. Edward Murphy, a neurosurgeon, and Dr. William Fleming III, a=20
      neurologist.&nbsp; Both doctors opined that Maxwell suffered a =
spinal cord=20
      injury.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">On March 29, 2006, =
Maxwell=20
      filed suit, alleging Dr. Seifert was negligent in performing the =
epidural=20
      steroid injection by causing the needle to travel through her =
spinal cord,=20
      resulting in significant and permanent damage.&nbsp; Under Texas =
Civil=20
      Practice and Remedies Code section 74.351(a), a claimant in a =
medical=20
      malpractice suit must serve on each party, no later than the 120th =
day=20
      after the date the original petition was filed, one or more expert =
reports=20
      with a curriculum vitae of each expert listed in the report.&nbsp; =
<SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Civ. Prac. &amp; Rem. =
Code=20
      Ann.</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 74.351(a) (Vernon =
Supp.=20
      2006).&nbsp; Therefore, Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s expert report was =
due on July=20
      27, 2006, the 120th day after the suit was filed.&nbsp;=20
      </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection3>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">On August 17, 2006, =
Dr. Seifert=20
      filed a motion to dismiss based on Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s failure to timely =
serve an=20
      expert report pursuant to Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code =
section=20
      74.351.&nbsp; On September 1, 2006, Maxwell filed a response to =
Dr.=20
      Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s motion to dismiss, =
arguing=20
      that she complied with the expert report requirement by producing =
medical=20
      records from Dr. Murphy and Dr. Fleming in her response to Dr.=20
      Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s request for =
production.<A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83826#_ftn1"=20
      name=3D_ftnref1><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">[1]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A> =
In the=20
      alternative, she also requested a thirty-day extension to cure any =

      deficiencies. </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">On September 21, =
2006, the day=20
      before the motion-to-dismiss hearing, Maxwell filed a First =
Amended=20
      Petition, Supplemental Response to Defendant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s Motion to Dismiss, =
and=20
      Plaintiff</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s Amended Responses =
to=20
      Defendant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s First Request for=20
      Production.&nbsp; In the First Amended Petition, Maxwell alleged, =
for the=20
      first time, two additional claims of liability against Dr. =
Seifert:=20
      (1)&nbsp; failure to disclose risks of the procedure under Texas =
Civil=20
      Practice and Remedies Code section 74.101; and (2) <I>res ipsa=20
      loquitor</I>.&nbsp; In the Supplemental Response to =
Defendant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s Motion to Dismiss, =
she=20
      explained that she amended her responses to the request for =
production and=20
      they were responsive to a request for any expert reports in =
compliance=20
      with section 74.351. She also argued that the amended responses =
should=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">relate back to and=20
      supplant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> the original=20
      responses.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">On September 22, =
2006, the=20
      trial court conducted a hearing on the motion to dismiss.&nbsp; At =
the=20
      hearing, appellant argued that the medical records she provided in =

      response to Dr. Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s discovery request =
within 120=20
      days of filing suit met the expert report requirement.&nbsp; She =
further=20
      argued that only an opinion on causation is required in an expert =
report=20
      where the claim is failure to disclose risks of procedure or =
<I>res ipsa=20
      loquitor</I> and that her medical records satisfied this =
element.&nbsp;=20
      Maxwell alternatively requested a thirty-day extension to file an =
expert=20
      report if the trial court found the medical records were merely a=20
      deficient expert report.&nbsp; During the hearing, =
Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s counsel also =
admitted that he=20
      originally did not intend for the medical records to serve as a =
section=20
      74.351 expert report; however, he mistakenly calendered the expert =
report=20
      filing date under the former deadline, which required an expert =
report to=20
      be filed within 180 days. </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection4>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">The trial court =
signed an order=20
      granting Dr. Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s motion to dismiss=20
      Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s claims with =
prejudice on=20
      September 28, 2005. </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">II.&nbsp;=20
      Standard of Review </SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6.8pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">We review a trial=20
      court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s ruling as to the =
adequacy of=20
      an expert report under an abuse of discretion =
standard.&nbsp;&nbsp; <I>Am.=20
      Transitional Care Ctrs. v. Palacios</I>, 46 S.W.3d 873, 877 (Tex.=20
      2001).&nbsp; A trial court abuses its discretion if it acts in an=20
      arbitrary or unreasonable manner without reference to guiding =
rules or=20
      principles.&nbsp; <I>See Garcia v. Martinez</I>, 988 S.W.2d 219, =
222 (Tex.=20
      1999).&nbsp; When reviewing matters committed to the trial=20
      court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s discretion, we may =
not=20
      substitute our own judgment for that of the trial court.&nbsp; =
<I>Walker=20
      v. Packer</I>, 827 S.W.2d 833, 839 (Tex. 1992).&nbsp; A trial =
court does=20
      not abuse its discretion merely because it decides a discretionary =
matter=20
      differently than an appellate court would in a similar =
circumstance.&nbsp;=20
      <I>See Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc</I>., 701 S.W.2d 238,=20
      241</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">42 (Tex. 1985).&nbsp; =

      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">However,=20
      to the extent resolution of this issue requires interpretation of =
the=20
      statute itself, we apply a de novo standard. <I>Buck v. Blum</I>, =
130=20
      S.W.3d 285, 290 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Houston=20
      [14th Dist.] 2004, no pet.); <I>Ponce v. El Paso Healthcare Sys.,=20
      Ltd.</I>, 55 S.W.3d 34, 36 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">El Paso=20
      2001, pet. denied); <I>Gomez v. Matey</I>, 55 S.W.3d 732, 735 n.2 =
(Tex.=20
      App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: =
Shruti">Corpus=20
      Christi 2001, no pet.). </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">III.&nbsp; =
Dismissal of=20
      New Claims</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection5>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In her first issue, =
Maxwell=20
      contends the trial court erred by dismissing her failure-to =
disclose-risks=20
      claim, which she added in her First Amended Petition filed the day =
before=20
      the motion-to-dismiss hearing.&nbsp; Specifically, appellant =
contends this=20
      claim was a </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">distinct health care =
liability=20
      claim</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> from the original =
claim of=20
      negligence in the performance of the epidural steroid injection, =
and a new=20
      120-day time line to file an expert report with regard to this =
claim began=20
      when she amended her petition.&nbsp; However, section 74.351(a) =
clearly=20
      requires that a claimant serve her expert report not later than =
the 120th=20
      day after the date the </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">original =
petition</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> was filed. <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Civ. Prac. &amp; Rem. =
Code=20
      Ann.</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 74.351(a).&nbsp; =
Maxwell did=20
      not file her expert report within 120 days after the original =
petition was=20
      filed.&nbsp; She did not gain another 120 days in which to serve =
an expert=20
      report when she filed her amended petition on September 21, =
2006.<A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83826#_ftn2"=20
      name=3D_ftnref2><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">[2]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp;=20
      Accordingly, we overrule appellant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s first =
issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">IV.&nbsp;=20
      Expert Report&nbsp; </SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In her second issue, =
Maxwell=20
      contends the trial court erred by determining that her production =
of=20
      medical records in response to discovery requests did not satisfy =
section=20
      74.351.&nbsp; Specifically, Maxwell contends the medical records=20
      constitute an expert report under section 74.351 because the =
medical=20
      causation question was addressed by one or more of the physicians =
who=20
      created the records.&nbsp; In her brief, Maxwell quotes portions =
of the=20
      medical records that purportedly constitute an expert report under =
section=20
      74.351.&nbsp; </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection6>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">After reviewing the =
statute and=20
      the Texas Supreme Court</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s instruction =
regarding&nbsp;=20
      the purpose and requirements of expert reports in medical =
malpractice=20
      cases, we conclude that the Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bulk medical =
records, served=20
      in response to Dr. Siefert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s discovery requests, =
do not=20
      constitute an expert report under section 74.351. =
Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s medical records are =

      reflective of her physician</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s contemporaneous =
observations,=20
      diagnosis and treatment.&nbsp; The content is not responsive to =
specific=20
      questions related to the standard of care and medical causation. =
An expert=20
      report is defined as a written report by an expert that provides a =
fair=20
      summary of the expert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s opinions as of the =
date of=20
      the report regarding: (1) applicable standard of care; (2) the =
manner in=20
      which the care provided failed to meet the standards; and (3) the =
causal=20
      relationship between that failure and the injury, harm, or damages =

      claimed.&nbsp; <SPAN style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Civ. =
Prac.=20
      &amp; Rem. Code Ann.</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 74.35(r)(6) (Vernon =
Supp.=20
      2006). The Texas Supreme Court has explained that an expert report =
must=20
      include information sufficient to fulfill two purposes:&nbsp; (1) =
inform=20
      the defendant of the specific conduct the plaintiff has called =
into=20
      question; and (2) provide a basis for the trial court to conclude =
that the=20
      claims have merit.&nbsp; <I>See</I> <I>Am. Transitional Care Ctrs. =
v.=20
      Palacios</I>, 46 S.W.3d 873, 879 (Tex. 2001).&nbsp; In contrast =
with=20
      medical records, an expert report is not admissible, and shall not =
be used=20
      in a deposition, trial or other proceeding unless the claimant =
uses it for=20
      any purpose other than to fulfill the service requirement.&nbsp; =
<SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Civ. Prac. &amp; Rem. =
Code=20
      Ann.</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 74.351(k)(1)(2), (t) =
(Vernon=20
      Supp. 2006). Accordingly, we cannot agree with =
appellant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s suggestion that Dr. =
Seifert=20
      was&nbsp; required to read bulk medical records and search for the =

      statutorily required information.&nbsp; Moreover, it would be very =

      difficult, if not impossible, for a defendant to timely fulfill =
the 21 day=20
      requirement for filing objections to the sufficiency of an=20
      expert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s report when a =
plaintiff=20
      produces bulk medical records without identifying the portion of =
the=20
      records that fulfills the requirements of section 74.351(a).&nbsp; =

      </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In her brief, Maxwell =

      implicitly admits that her medical records do not contain the =
statutorily=20
      required opinion regarding the standard of care or how Dr. Seifert =

      allegedly breached that standard. However, Maxwell suggests her =
res ipsa=20
      loquitor claim survives the requirements of section 74.351.&nbsp; =
Our=20
      court has previously rejected this contention.&nbsp; <I>See Ruiz =
v.=20
      Walgreen Co.</I>, 79 S.W. 3d 2235, 239</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">S</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">40 (Tex. =
App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Houston [14th Dist.] =
2002, no=20
      pet.) (concluding that even if res ipsa loquitor does apply, an =
expert=20
      report is still required); <I>See also Hector v. Christus =
Health</I>=20
      <I>Gulf Coast and&nbsp; Cannan L. Harris, M.D.</I>, 175 S.W. 3d =
832, 839=20
      (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Houston [14th Dist.] =
2005 pet.=20
      denied).</SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times =
New Roman'"><BR=20
      style=3D"PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: auto" clear=3Dall></SPAN>
      <DIV class=3DSection7>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Accordingly, we hold =
that the=20
      bulk medical records Maxwell served in response to Dr. =
Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s request for =
production do not=20
      constitute an expert report under section 74.351.&nbsp;=20
      Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s second issue is=20
      overruled.&nbsp; </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
center"=20
      align=3Dcenter><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%">V.&nbsp;=20
      Request for an Extension</SPAN></B></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">In her third issue, =
Maxwell=20
      contends the trial court erred by failing to rule on =
Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s request for a =
thirty-day=20
      extension to cure a deficiency in her purported expert =
report.&nbsp;=20
      </SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Section 74.351(c) =
provides:=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">If an expert report =
has not=20
      been served within the period specified by Subsection (a) because =
elements=20
      of the report are found deficient, the court may grant one 30-day=20
      extension to the claimant in order to cure the =
deficiency.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Civ. Prac. &amp; Rem. =
Code=20
      Ann.</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"> 74.351(c) (Vernon =
Supp.=20
      2006).&nbsp; Several courts of appeals, including this court<SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">, </SPAN>have interpreted this =
language=20
      to mean that the thirty-day extension applies only when an initial =
expert=20
      report is timely filed.&nbsp; <I>See Estate of Regis ex rel. =
McWashington=20
      v. Harris</I> <I>County Hosp. Dist</I>., 208 S.W.3d 64, 67 (Tex.=20
      App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Houston [14th Dist.] =
2006, no=20
      pet.) (</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Although section =
74.351(c)=20
      gives a court discretion to grant 30 days to amend a deficient =
expert=20
      report, this section applies only when an initial report is timely =
filed;=20
      it is not available to extend the deadline for first filing a=20
      report.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">); <I>Valley Baptist =
Med. Ctr.=20
      v. Azua</I>, 198 S.W.3d 810, 815 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Corpus Christi 2006, =
no pet.)=20
      (holding that </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">[a]n extension under =
section=20
      74.351(c) is not available if the expert report is not served by =
the=20
      deadline</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">); <I>Herrera v. =
Seton Nw.=20
      Hosp</I>., 212 S.W.3d 452, 460 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Austin 2006, no pet.) =
(noting=20
      that section 74.351(c) did not apply to plaintiff</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s late-filed expert =
report=20
      because that section </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">permits extensions =
for expert=20
      reports that the court finds deficient in substance, not for =
reports that=20
      are filed untimely</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">); <I>Thoyakulathu v. =

      Brennan</I>, 192 S.W.3d 849, 852</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">53 (Tex. =
App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Texarkana 2006, no =
pet.)=20
      (same).&nbsp; </SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN=20
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New Roman'"><BR=20
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      style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Because =
Maxwell</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">s bulk medical =
records do not=20
      constitute an expert report under section 74.351, we hold the =
trial court=20
      did not err by failing or refusing to rule on her request for a =
thirty-day=20
      extension to cure a deficiency.&nbsp; Accordingly, we overrule=20
      appellant</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
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</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">The judgment of the =
trial court=20
      is=20
      =
affirmed.<B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      </B></SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 4in; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B><SPAN=20
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      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 3.5in"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3in"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
13pt">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
      Charles W. Seymore</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"TEXT-INDENT: 3.5in"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Justice</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Judgment rendered and =
Opinion=20
      filed September 18, 2007.</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">Panel consists of =
Justices=20
      Yates, Seymore, and Edelman.<A title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83826#_ftn3"=20
      name=3D_ftnref3><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP>*</SUP></SPAN></A>&nbsp; =
</SPAN></P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><B><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 13pt; LINE-HEIGHT: =
150%"></SPAN></B>&nbsp;</P></DIV>
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      <DIV id=3Dftn1>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83826#_ftnref1"=20
      name=3D_ftn1><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">[1]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; Specifically, she produced the =
medical=20
      records in response to Dr. Seifert</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">=3D</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">s request for production number 14 =
requesting=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">True, complete, and correct copies of =
any and all=20
      records, correspondence, notes and/or reports from any physician =
and/or=20
      healthcare provider who has opined that any injury to plaintiff =
was=20
      caused, in whole or in part, by any negligence of Heidi Jane =
Seifert,=20
      M.D.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; </SPAN></P></DIV>
      <DIV id=3Dftn2>
      <P class=3DMsoNormal=20
      style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><A=20
      title=3D""=20
      =
href=3D"http://www.14thcoa.courts.state.tx.us/opinions/htmlopinion.asp?Op=
inionId=3D83826#_ftnref2"=20
      name=3D_ftn2><SPAN class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">[2]</SPAN></SUP></SPAN></SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; In support of her argument, =
appellant cites=20
      <I>Puls v. Columbia Hospital at Medical City Dallas Subsidary</I>, =
92=20
      S.W.3d 613, 617</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">18 (Tex. App.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">C</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dallas 2002, pet. denied).&nbsp; =
However,&nbsp;=20
      the <I>Puls</I> court applied Texas Revised Civil Statute article =
4590i,=20
      section 13.01(d), which provided that the expert report was due no =
later=20
      than the 180th day after the health care liability claim was =
filed.&nbsp;=20
      <I>See</I> <I>Puls</I>, 92 S.W.3d at 617 (citing <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Art. =

      </SPAN>4590i, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> 13.01(d) (repealed in 2003)).&nbsp; In =
2003, the=20
      Legislature repealed article 4590i of the Revised Civil Statutes =
and moved=20
      the amended provisions of former article 4590i to Chapter 74 of =
the Civil=20
      Practice and Remedies Code.&nbsp; <I>See</I> Act of June 2, 2003, =
78th=20
      Leg., R.S., ch. 204, </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">''</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> 10.01, 10.09, 2003 Tex. Gen. Laws 847,=20
      864</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">B</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">82, 884.&nbsp; Appellant also cites for =
support=20
      the 2003 version of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code =
section=20
      74.351(a) which provided that a claimant must file an expert =
report=20
      </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">not later than the 120th day after the =
date the=20
      <I>claim</I> was filed.</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; <SPAN=20
      style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Tex. Civ. Prac. &amp; Rem. =
Code=20
      Ann.</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> 75.351(a) (Vernon 2005) (repealed in =
2005)=20
      (emphasis added).&nbsp; However, in 2005 the Legislature amended =
section=20
      74.351(a) by substituting the words </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">original petition</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> for the word </SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">A</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">claim</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">@</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> in the first sentence of section =
75.351(a).&nbsp;=20
      <I>See</I> Act of May 18, 2005, 79th Leg., R.S., ch. 635, =
</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'WP =
TypographicSymbols'">'</SPAN><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> 1, 2005 Tex. Gen. Laws 1590.&nbsp; This =
amendment=20
      became effective September 1, 2005.&nbsp; Therefore, the 2005 =
amendment=20
      applies to the original petition which was filed in this case on =
March 29,=20
      2006.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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inionId=3D83826#_ftnref3"=20
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class=3DMsoFootnoteReference><SUP>*</SUP></SPAN></A><SPAN=20
      style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">&nbsp; Senior Justice Richard H. Edelman =
sitting=20
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