Expert Report Was Adequate to Support Worker's TMLA Claim

A Texas appellate court is allowing a health care worker's negligence suit against her nonsubscribing employer over an assault by a patient to proceed. Case: Texas San Marcos Treatment Center v. Payton, No. 03-14-00726-CV, 11/18/2015, published. Facts: Veronica Payton worked as an aide for the Texas San Marcos Treatment Center, a facility licensed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to provide behavioral health care and treatment to adolescent patients. One day while Payton was escorting a 17-year-old patient from a laundry room, the patient hit Payton, then choked...