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This case involves a dispute over the cost to produce medical records for discovery in a personal injury lawsuit filed by Rafael Martinez. Relators Metro ROI, Inc. and Sierra Medical Center, the medical records provider and hospital respectively, sought a statutory fee of $711.60 for 539 pages of records under Texas Health and Safety Code Section 241.154. The Respondent Judge, William Moody, deemed the statute inapplicable, setting a reduced fee of $80.85 per Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 205.3(f). The appellate court conditionally granted a writ of mandamus, determining that Section 241.154 governs the fees for medical record production and that the trial court abused its discretion by setting a fee outside the statutory limits, thus mandating the withdrawal of the lower court's order.
In Re Metro ROI, Inc. is a workers' compensation case decided in Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso). This case addresses legal issues related to compensation claims, benefits, and court rulings.
It is commonly referenced in legal research involving workers' compensation laws in Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso).
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This case involves a dispute over the cost to produce medical records for discovery in a personal injury lawsuit filed by Rafael Martinez. Relators Metro ROI, Inc. and Sierra Medical Center, the medical records provider and hospital respectively, sought a statutory fee of $711.60 for 539 pages of records under Texas Health and Safety Code Section 241.154. The Respondent Judge, William Moody, deemed the statute inapplicable, setting a reduced fee of $80.85 per Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 205.3(f). The appellate court conditionally granted a writ of mandamus, determining that Section 241.154 governs the fees for medical record production and that the trial court abused its discretion by setting a fee outside the statutory limits, thus mandating the withdrawal of the lower court's order.
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