Jose Ignacio Mendez-Martinez, M. D. v. Andres G. Carmona, Individually, on Behalf of All Wrongful Death Beneficiaries, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rosario M. Carmona Explained — Medical Malpractice

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso) • Decided 2016-04-22 • 510 S.W.3d 600; 2016 WL 1613422; 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 4243

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OPINION YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice Six days after being admitted to Sierra Providence Hospital in El Paso with atrial fibrillation, Rosario Carmona died of cardiac arrest. Her husband Andres sued the Hospital, attending physician Dr. Jose Ignacio Mendez-Martinez, and Dr. Mendez-Martinez’s practice group Cardiology Care Consultants for medi

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