Karl Bayer's Disputing Blog

Karl Bayer Announces Addition of Health Care Disputes Expert

By Victoria VanBuren - May 1, 2009

Holly Hayes has joined the team of Karl Bayer, Dispute Resolution Experts. Holly received a Masters in Health Administration from Duke University and her BA from Southern Methodist University. Holly brings a strong hospital operations background to medical malpractice mediations including a focus on clinical quality. Holly managed her own consulting firm for eight years with consultations including development of clinical service line toolkits; w

Texas S.B. 556 and H.B. 1635

By Victoria VanBuren - March 6, 2009

Another beautiful week in Austin, Texas. We thought you would be interested to know that the following bills have been introduced recently by the 81st Texas Legislature: S.B. 556. To amend the Insurance Code, by, among other things, adding a clause to provide for binding arbitration agreements within the context of health care contracts with physicians and health care providers. Status: Referred to the Senate Committee on State Affairs on 02/23/2

Nineteen Texas Supreme Court Opinions Today

By Rob Hargrove - March 28, 2008

Today, the Texas Supreme Court handed down nineteen (19) opinions. None of them, however, has anything to do with arbitration. One of them, though, resolved an issue which has divided the courts of appeals and with which we had to grapple not too long ago. Since we have not been blogging much lately (we’ve been working a lot), we thought we’d mention it. As of today, Rule 202 no longer allows the pre-lawsuit deposition of a physician