## No. 03 -14-00036- CV

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IN THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

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RICHARD J. MALOUF DDS, RICHARD J. MALOUF DDS, PC, and RICHARD J. MALOUF DDS, PA, Appellants

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS EX REL, DR. CHRISTINE ELLIS, D.D.S. and
MADELAYNE CASTILLO Appellees

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APPELLANTS ’ ORAL ARGUMENT HANDOUTS

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E LIZABETH G. B LOCH State Bar No. 02495500
Heidi.bloch@huschblackwell.com

T HOMAS H. W ATKINS State Bar No. 20928000
Tom.watkins@huschblackwell.com

L ORINDA H OLLOWAY State Bar No. 00798264 Lorinda.holloway@huschblackwell.com
Husch Blackwell LLP 111 Congress, Suite 1400 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 472

- 5456 (512) 479

- 1101 (fax) Attorneys for Appellants Richard J. Malouf DDS and Richard J. Malouf DDS, PC

J.A. C ANALES State Bar No. 03737000 TonyCanales@canalessimonson.com Canales & Simonson, PC 2601 Morgan Ave. Corpus Christi, Texas 78465 (361) 883

- 0601 (361) 88 4- 7023 (fax) Attorneys for Appellant Richard J. Malouf DDS, PA ACCEPTED 03-14-00036-CV
3763886 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS 1/14/2015 11:45:58 AM
JEFFREY D. KYLE

CLERK

# “Health care liability claim:”

“a cause of action against a health care provider or physician for treatment, lack of treatment, or other claimed departure from accepted standards of medical care, or health care , or safety or professional or administrative services directly

related to health care , which proximately results in injury to or death of a claimant, whether the

claimant’s claim or cause of action sounds in tort or

contract.” TMLA § 74.001(a)(13) (amended 2003)

“Professional or administrative serv ices:”

“those duties or services that a physician or health care provider is required to provide as a condition of maintaining the physician’s or health care provider’s license, accreditation status, or certification to participate in state or federal heal th

care programs .” TMLA § 74.001(a)(24) (added 2003)

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## TMLA § 74.001(a)(2):

“’ Claimant ’ means a person , including a decedent’s estate, seeking or who has sought recovery of damages in a health care liability claim.”

Tex. Gov’t Code § 311.005:

The following definitions apply unless the statute or context in which the word or phrase is used requires a

different definition:

(2) " Person" includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency

, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity.

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 1.002 : The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by this

code.

Tex. Gov’t Code § 311.034 : In a statute, the use of “person,” as defined by Section 311.005 to include governmental entities, does not indicate legislative intent to waive sovereign immunity

.... [Codifies common law : “person” includes the

State unle ss sovereign immunity is implicated ]

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# Rules of statutory construction :

• Courts must begin with the “plain and common meaning of the statute’s words.” Tex. W. Oaks Hosp. LP

v. Williams , 371 S.W.3d 171, 177 (Tex. 2012).

• “Where text is clear, text is determinative.” Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. Summers, 282 S.W.3d 433, 437 (Tex. 2009).

• “We cannot add words into, or delete language from, a statutory provision unless doing so is ‘necessary to give effect to clear legislativ e intent,’ because ‘[o]nly truly extraordinary circumstances showing unmistakable legislative intent should divert us from enforcing the

statute as written.’ Tex. Adjutant Gen.’s Office v. Ngakoue , 408 S.W.3d 350, 362 (Tex. 2013).

• “Even when it appears the Legislature may have made a mistake, courts are not empowered to ‘fix’ the mistake by disregarding direct and clear statutory language that does not create an absurdity.” Texas Lottery Commission v. First State Bank of DeQueen , 325 S.W.3d 628, 638 (Tex. 2010)

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# • Courts “are not responsible for omissions in
legislation.” Diversicare Gen. Partner, Inc. v. Rubio , 185
S.W.3d 842, 860 (Tex. 2005).

3CERTIFICATE OF SERVI CE

I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument ha s been served upon the following counsel of record via hand delivery and/or the Court ’ s electronic filing system on the 1 4 th day of January

, 2015 :

Raymond C. Winter Margaret Moore Reynolds Brissenden David Drew Wright Damon T. Ong Douglas D. Geyser
Civil Medicaid Fraud Division Assistant Attorneys General
P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711

- 2548 Attorneys for the State of Texas

Dan Hargrove Waters & Kraus, LLP 600 Navarro, Suite 500 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Attorneys for Plaintiff D r. Christine Ellis, D.D.S.

J. Michael Tibbals Snell Wylie & Tibbals 8150 North Central Expressway, Suite 1800 Dallas, Texas 75206 Counsel for Relator, Madelayne Castillo

C. Gregory Shamoun Shamoun & Norman, LLP 1755 Wittington Place, Suite 200, LB 25 Dallas, Texas 75234 Attorneys for 2009 Straight Family Lane Family, LP, Camelia Family Limited Partnership, RMAL Holdings, LLC, M5 Holdings, LLC, and Hypermart Holdings, LP, LLC

4Joseph A. Friedman
Kevin P. Perkins Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC 1601 Elm Street, Suite 3700 Dallas, Texas 75201 Counsel for AS Property Holdings, LLC and All Smiles Dental Center, Inc.

Robert M. Anderton
Mark Hanna
Law Offices of Hanna & Anderton 900 Congress Avenue, Suite 250 Austin, Texas 78701 Counsel for Haltom City Smiles, PLLC, Jacksboro Smiles, PLLC, Fort Worth Smiles by Wire, PLLC, Garland Road Smiles, PLLC, Garland Road Smiles by Wire, PLLC, Jacksboro Smiles by Wire, PLLC, Lewi sville Smiles, PLLC, All Smiles Dental Professionals, P.C., Park Plaza Smiles, PLLC, S. Hampton Smiles, PLLC, Haltom City Smiles, PLLC, Jacksboro Smiles, PLLC, Fort Worth Smiles by Wire, PLLC, Garland Road Smiles, PLLC, Jacksboro Smiles by Wire, PLLC, Lewi sville Smiles, PLLC, Northwest Highway Smiles, PLLC, Plano Minyards Smiles, PLLC, St. Francis Smiles, PLLC, Valleyview Smiles, PLLC, Garland Road Smiles by Wire, PLLC

Jay Madrid
Winstead 1201 Elm Street, Suite 5400 Dallas, Texas 752 70 Counsel for ASDC Holdings, LLC

J. A. Canales 2601 Morgan Avenue
P. O. Box 5624 Corpus Christi, Texas 78465

- 5624 Counsel for Richard J. Malouf, D.D.S., P.A.

/s/ Elizabeth G. Bloch
Elizabeth G. Bloch

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