TRAYLOR v. GOULDING

No. 15929.

497 S.W.2d 468 (1972)

Rita E. TRAYLOR, Individually and as next friend of Dwayne Alan Traylor, a minor, Appellant, v. Dr. Joseph C. GOULDING et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.)

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1973.

Second Rehearing Denied February 15, 1973.

Writ of Error Granted July 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Holloway, Houston, for appellant.

Frank B. Davis, Thomas L. Schubert, Houston, for appellees; Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Houston, of counsel.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendants in a medical malpractice suit. The case was tried to a jury and judgment was entered on a jury verdict.

On March 8, 1966, Mrs. Traylor saw her eighteen month old son, Dwayne Alan, swallow a chicken bone. The child gagged, coughed, and appeared to have difficulty in breathing. Mrs. Traylor immediately gave first aid and then took the child to the emergency room of the Pasadena Bay Shore...

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