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Areas of Practice:

• Medical Malpractice
• Commercial Litigation

Admissions:

• State Bar of Texas
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Education:

Professional Affiliations:

• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association

Biography:

Ms. Murphy specializes in medical malpractice litigation representing physicians, hospitals and nurses throughout the State of Texas.  In addition to the resolution of matters through pre-trial motions and alternative dispute resolution, Ms. Murphy has successfully represented clients at trial and on appeal.

Example Cases:

• Assisted in the successful defense of two emergency medicine physicians in a medical malpractice case alleging failure to diagnose pseudotumor cerebri.
• Assisted in the successful defense of an emergency medicine physician in a medical malpractice case alleging failure to verify tube placement in an overdose patient.
• Assisted in the successful defense of an emergency medicine physician in a medical malpractice death case alleging failure to diagnose thoracic aortic dissection.
• Assisted in the successful defense of a general surgeon in a medical malpractice death case alleging failure to diagnose a retained foreign body.
• Assisted in the successful defense of a general surgeon in a medical malpractice death case alleging failure to properly perform a colon resection.

• Rivenes v. Holden, No. 14-07-00438-CV, May 8, 2008 (Tex.  App. -- Houston [14th Dist.] pet. filed).
• Miles v. Caraway, No. 14-06-00010-CV, June 29, 2006 (Tex. App. -- Houston [14th Dist.] pet. denied).
• In re Memorial Hermann Hospital System, 209 S.W.3d 835 (Tex. App. -- Houston [14th Dist.] 2006 pet. denied).