Kallam v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. “legal obligation”). 27 . See Medina v. Herrera, 927 S.W.2d 597, 604 (Tex.1996). 28 . Keck, 20 S.W.3d at 695-96 . 29 . See Int’l Proteins Corp. v. Ralston-Purina Co., 744 S.W.2d 932, 934 (Tex.1988) (assignment of claims to joint tortfeasor prohibited); Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Jinkins, 739 S.W.2d 19, 22 (Tex.1987) (contribution claim by settling tortfeasor against non-settling parties prohibited). 30 . See Mid-Continent Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 236 S.W.3d 765, 774 (Tex.2007). 31 . See Kallam v. Boyd, 232 S.W.3d 774, 776 (Tex.2007) ("We believe prudence dictates awaiting a case in which this important issue has been fully litigated below ‘so that we will have the benefit of developed arguments on both sides and lower court opinions squarely addressing the question.’”

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2. “expert” who may prepare an "expert report,” see id. § 74.35l(r)(5), but ap-pellees have not disputed that White meets those standards here. . Id. § 74.351(1). . The Heberts acknowledge that Richard's death during the pendency of this appeal may have terminated his open-courts claim. "[W]rongful-death and survival claimants cannot establish an open-courts violation because they 'have no common law right to bring either.’”

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   e.g. Richard Hebert and Janet Hebert v. Timothy E. Hopkins, M.D., and Shannon Clinic