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  • JUANA LAGUNA, REGINO GONZALEZ, Sr., Joanna Gonzalez Acevedo VS. RAY FULP, III, DO, RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA, MARIA CAMACHO, MD, FRANCISCO TORRES, MD, ROBERT FOUNTILA, DO, RADIOLOGY & IMAGING OF SOUTH TEXAS, LLP, MCALLEN HOSPITALS, LP D/B/A MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTERInjury or Damage - Medical Malpractice (OCA) document preview
  • JUANA LAGUNA, REGINO GONZALEZ, Sr., Joanna Gonzalez Acevedo VS. RAY FULP, III, DO, RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA, MARIA CAMACHO, MD, FRANCISCO TORRES, MD, ROBERT FOUNTILA, DO, RADIOLOGY & IMAGING OF SOUTH TEXAS, LLP, MCALLEN HOSPITALS, LP D/B/A MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTERInjury or Damage - Medical Malpractice (OCA) document preview
  • JUANA LAGUNA, REGINO GONZALEZ, Sr., Joanna Gonzalez Acevedo VS. RAY FULP, III, DO, RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA, MARIA CAMACHO, MD, FRANCISCO TORRES, MD, ROBERT FOUNTILA, DO, RADIOLOGY & IMAGING OF SOUTH TEXAS, LLP, MCALLEN HOSPITALS, LP D/B/A MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTERInjury or Damage - Medical Malpractice (OCA) document preview
  • JUANA LAGUNA, REGINO GONZALEZ, Sr., Joanna Gonzalez Acevedo VS. RAY FULP, III, DO, RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA, MARIA CAMACHO, MD, FRANCISCO TORRES, MD, ROBERT FOUNTILA, DO, RADIOLOGY & IMAGING OF SOUTH TEXAS, LLP, MCALLEN HOSPITALS, LP D/B/A MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTERInjury or Damage - Medical Malpractice (OCA) document preview
  • JUANA LAGUNA, REGINO GONZALEZ, Sr., Joanna Gonzalez Acevedo VS. RAY FULP, III, DO, RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA, MARIA CAMACHO, MD, FRANCISCO TORRES, MD, ROBERT FOUNTILA, DO, RADIOLOGY & IMAGING OF SOUTH TEXAS, LLP, MCALLEN HOSPITALS, LP D/B/A MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTERInjury or Damage - Medical Malpractice (OCA) document preview
  • JUANA LAGUNA, REGINO GONZALEZ, Sr., Joanna Gonzalez Acevedo VS. RAY FULP, III, DO, RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA, MARIA CAMACHO, MD, FRANCISCO TORRES, MD, ROBERT FOUNTILA, DO, RADIOLOGY & IMAGING OF SOUTH TEXAS, LLP, MCALLEN HOSPITALS, LP D/B/A MCALLEN MEDICAL CENTERInjury or Damage - Medical Malpractice (OCA) document preview
						
                                

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Electronically Filed 3/23/2018 10:32 PM Hidalgo County District Clerks Reviewed By: Jonathan Coronado CAUSE NO. C-0973-13-A JUANA LAGUNA, INDIVIDUALLY, AND § IN THE DISTRICT COURT AS NEXT FRIEND OF REGINO § GONZALEZ, JR., A MINOR CHILD, AND § REGINO GONZALEZ, SR. § § VS. § § 92ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT RAY R. FULP, III, DO, RAY FULP § ORTHOPEDICS, PA, MARIA T. § CAMACHO, MD, FRANCISCO TORRES, § MD, ROBERT C. FOUNTILA, DO, § RADIOLOGY & IMAGING OF SOUTH § TEXAS, LLP, AND McALLEN HOSPITALS,§ LP d/b/a McALLEN MEDICAL CENTER § HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS DEFENDANTS RAYMOND R. FULP, III, DO’S AND RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO DESIGNATE RESPONSIBLE THIRD PARTIES TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: COME NOW RAYMOND R. FULP, III, DO and RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA, two Defendants in the above-entitled and numbered cause, and files this his Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties, pursuant to Section 33.004 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, and for such motion would respectfully show unto the Court the following: I. BRIEF BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Juana laguna, Individually, and as Next Friend of Regino Gonzalez, Jr., a Minor Child, and Regino Gonzalez, Sr., have sued Defendants Raymond R. Fulp, III, DO and Ray Fulp Orthopedics, PA, among others, alleging that Dr. Fulp and Ray Fulp Orthopedics, PA were negligent in the care and treatment of Regino Gonzalez, Jr., when Regino Gonzalez, Jr. sought medical treatment from Dr. Fulp and Ray Fulp Orthopedics, Electronically Filed 3/23/2018 10:32 PM Hidalgo County District Clerks Reviewed By: Jonathan Coronado PA. Dr. Fulp and Ray Fulp Orthopedics, PA ’s negligent care was a proximate cause of the pain and suffering, injuries of Regino Gonzalez, Jr. While strenuously denying that the care provided to Plaintiff Regino Gonzalez, Jr., was, or could even be considered to be, below the standard of care, Defendants would show unto the Judge and jury in this cause that Maria T. Camacho, M.D., Francisco Torres, M.D., as well as Nino C. Rainusso, M.D., Regino Gonzalez, Jr.’s treating physician at MD Anderson, should be designated as responsible third parties. Accordingly, any complaints Plaintiffs have against Defendants Raymond R. Fulp, III, DO and Ray Fulp Orthopedics, PA should, instead, have been made against Maria T. Camacho, MD., Francisco Torres, M.D. and Nino C. Rainusso, M.D. Defendants Raymond R. Fulp, III, DO and Ray Fulp Orthopedics, PA hereby move that the Court allow these Defendant to designate Maria T. Camacho, M.D., Francisco Torres, M.D. and Nino C. Rainusso, M.D. as responsible third parties. II. RESPONSIBLE THIRD PARTIES Based upon Plaintiffs’ preliminary expert reports and the deposition testimony of Plaintiffs’ experts, which indicate that Maria T. Camacho, MD. and Francisco Torres, M.D. were negligent and that such negligence was a proximate cause of Plaintiffs’ injuries and damages, as well as the failure of Nino C. Rainusso, M.D. to detect an ongoing cancer in Regino Gonzalez, Jr., such prior Defendants and Nino C. Rainusso, M.D. should be designated as responsible third parties. Defendants Raymond R. Fulp, III, DO and Ray Fulp Orthopedics, PA hereby move the Court to allow these Defendants to designate DEFENDANTS RAYMOND R. FULP, III, D.O.’S AND RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, P.A.’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO DESIGNATE RESPONSIBLE THIRD PARTIES - - PAGE 2 OF 3 Electronically Filed 3/23/2018 10:32 PM Hidalgo County District Clerks Reviewed By: Jonathan Coronado Maria T. Camacho, MD., Francisco Torres, M.D. and Nino C. Rainusso, M.D. as responsible third parties. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Defendants RAYMOND R. FULP, III, DO and RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA pray that the Court grant their Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties, and grant these Defendants the relief requested hereinabove and such other and further relief, at law or in equity, to which they may show themselves justly entitled to receive. Respectfully submitted, HOLE & ALVAREZ, L.L.P. P. O. Box 720547 McAllen, Texas 78504-0547 Telephone: (956) 631-2891 Telecopier: (956) 631-2415 By: /s/ Ronald G. Hole Ronald G. Hole State Bar No. 09834200 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS RAYMOND R. FULP, III, DO and RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, PA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Ronald G. Hole, hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties has, on this the 23rd day of March 2018, been served via electronic transfer through an online filing service, to the following counsel of record: Attorneys for Defendant Attorneys for Plaintiffs Robert C. Fountila, DO Mr. Jerry D. Patchen Mr. William Gault Attorney at Law Gault, Nye & Quintana, L.L.P. 1400 Congress P.O. Box 5959 Houston, Texas 77002 Brownsville, Texas 78523 Email: jpatchen@1400congress.com E-Mail: bgault@GNQlawyers.com /s/ Ronald G. Hole Ronald G. Hole B C C :G O N -F U L 2 \P L D DEFENDANTS RAYMOND R. FULP, III, D.O.’S AND RAY FULP ORTHOPEDICS, P.A.’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO DESIGNATE RESPONSIBLE THIRD PARTIES - - PAGE 3 OF 3