COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-16-00148-CV

D.A. AND M.A., INDIVIDUALLY AND APPELLANTS AS NEXT FRIENDS OF A.A., A MINOR V. TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN APPELLEES HOSPITAL OF DENTON, MARC WILSON, M.D., AND ALLIANCE OB/GYN SPECIALISTS, PLLC D/B/A/ OB/GYN SPECIALISTS, PLLC

---------- FROM THE 442ND DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 2013-70299-431 ---------- MEMORANDUM OPINION1 AND ORDER ----------

See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

We have considered appellants’ petition for permissive interlocutory appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d), (f) (West Supp. 2015); Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(a), (f), (j).

We grant the petition in part. The court will consider only appellants’ first issue: whether civil practice and remedies code section 74.153 applies to medical care provided in an obstetrical unit without the patient first having been evaluated in a hospital emergency department. We deny the remainder of the petition.

Appellants’ notice of appeal is deemed filed today. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(f); Tex. R. App. P. 28.1, 28.3(k). Appellants must file a copy of this order with the trial court clerk. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k).

The clerk’s record and reporter’s record are due on or before June 13, 2016. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b), 35.1(b).

Appellants’ brief will be due twenty days after the appellate record is filed, and appellees’ brief will be due twenty days after appellants file their brief. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a)–(b).

The clerk of this court is directed to transmit a copy of this memorandum opinion and order to the attorneys of record, the trial court judge, the trial court clerk, and the court reporter.

PER CURIAM PANEL: SUDDERTH, GARDNER, and GABRIEL, JJ.

GABRIEL, J., would grant the permissive appeal as to both issues.

DELIVERED: June 2, 2016