ACCEPTED 01-15-00718-CV FIRST COURT OF FILED APPEALS 8/21/2015 12:12:33 PM HOUSTON, TEXAS Stan10:46:40 8/28/2015 Stanart AM County Clerk CHRISTOPHER PRINE Harris County CLERK CAUSE NO. 1044724 CHRISTY L. TRAYNOR § IN THE COUNTY COURT FILED IN § 1st COURT OF APPEALS V. § HOUSTON, TEXAS § 8/28/2015 10:46:40 AM HUMBLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL § AT LAW NO. 2 CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE L.L.C., HUMBLE SURGICAL § Clerk HOSPITAL SERVICES, L.L.C. § HUMBLE SURGICAL HOLDINGS, § L.L.C., HOUSTON HUMBLE § SURGICAL, P.L.L.C., HUMBLE § SPINE SURGERY, P.L.L.C. and § KELLY JOE BUNYARD, individually § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL 1. Under TEX. R. APP. P. 25, Defendant, HUMBLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL L.L.C. (incorrectly named as HUMBLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, L.L.C., HUMBLE SURGICAL HOLDINGS, L.L.C., HOUSTON HUMBLE SURGICAL, P.L.L.C., HUMBLE SPINE SURGERY, P.L.L.C.) desires to appeal from the Court’s denial of its Motion to Dismiss and Objections Pursuant to Chapter 74 of the Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code for Failure to File an Adequate Expert Report signed by the Court on August 3, 2015, and to all rulings and orders subsumed in that denial.

2. Defendant is entitled to an interlocutory appeal under TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE §51.014 (a)(9) based on the court’s denial of the relief sought by a motion under Section 74.351(b). The commencement of trial in the trial court is stayed pending resolution of the appeal under TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 51.014 (b).

3. Defendant appeals to either the First or the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas.

4. The appeal of this case is an accelerated appeal.

Respectfully submitted, HORNE ROTA MOOS, LLP

BY: /s/ Joshua Anderson JOSHUA C. ANDERSON SBN: 24027198 [email protected] CHASTITI N. HORNE SBN: 24007385 [email protected] 2777 Allen Parkway, Suite 1200 Houston, TX 77019 (713) 333 4500 (713) 333 4600 – Facsimile ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT, HUMBLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL L.L.C. (incorrectly named as HUMBLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, L.L.C., HUMBLE SURGICAL HOLDINGS, L.L.C., HOUSTON HUMBLE SURGICAL, P.L.L.C., HUMBLE SPINE SURGERY, P.L.L.C.)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, the undersigned, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on the following counsel of record by electronic filing service, email, facsimile and/or certified mail, return receipt requested on August 21, 2015.

Jacqueline M. Houlette Via E-File/E-Mail [email protected] HOULETTE & GRAY, P.L.L.C. Louisiana Street, Suite 900 Houston, Texas 77002 Allen D. Russell Via E-File/E-Mail [email protected] TAYLOR, TAYLOR & RUSSELL Walker, Suite 250 Houston, Texas 77002

/s/ Joshua C. Anderson JOSHUA C. ANDERSON