Supreme Court of Texas

Expert medical evidence is required to support a finding that an automobile accident caused medical expenses of over $1 million, unless competent evidence supports a finding that the conditions in question, the causal relationship between the conditions and the accident, and the necessity of the particular medical treatments for the conditions are within the common knowledge and experience of laypersons.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2007
• Decided 08/31/2007
• Published 08/31/2007

Judges

• Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert M. Roach Jr., Cook & Roach, L.L.P., Austin, Robert B. Dubose, Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend LLP, Houston, Sean Reed Cox, Baron & Budd P.C., Dallas, Luis Alberto Fabrega Jr., Fabrega Hood Raynes & Fass, LLP, Houston, Daniel S. Goldberg and Daniel William Davis, Cook & Roach, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Morris Tabak, Dawn Fukuei Lin, Alan Scott Byers, Law Offices of Lin & Associates, and Jamal A. Asafi, Asafi Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Respondent.