Hospital Employee's Suit for Fall in Medical Lab Wasn't a Health Care Liability Claim

A Texas appellate court ruled that a hospital employee could pursue a tort claim against her non-subscribing employer for a workplace fall, and that her claim was for ordinary negligence, outside the ambit of the state Medical Liability Act. Case: McKelvy v. Columbia Medical Center of McKinney Subsidiary, No. 05-13-00990-CV, 01/14/2015, published. Facts: Jeannie McKelvy worked for the McKinney Medical Center. She slipped and fell while at the hospital's medical laboratory, on a fluid that had leaked from a piece of laboratory equipment. Procedural History: McKelvy filed a negli...