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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
 
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No. 06-0653
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In re Mary Louise Watkins, 
M.D., Relator
 
 
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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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Chief Justice 
Jefferson, joined by Justice O’Neill, concurring.
            
I join the Court’s opinion but write separately to elaborate upon the 
report that was served in this case. The report was written by a physician 
specializing in treatment of the eyes. He states that he treated Jones for 
injuries sustained after acetic acid was splashed into Jones’s right eye during 
a procedure at Dr. Watkins’s office for a facial lesion. The report notes that 
Jones suffered an epithelial defect and corneal stromal scar, and it discusses the “high likelihood of 
permanent scarring” Jones faced. It describes a course of treatment with the eye 
specialist (including a separate visit to a cornea specialist), and concludes 
that while Jones’s situation was stable, he suffered a corneal scar in the right 
eye.
 
            
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Wallace B. Jefferson
            
Chief Justice
 
 
OPINION 
DELIVERED:         January 23, 
2009