BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MED. CTR. v. BORDERS

No. 19847.

581 S.W.2d 731 (1979)

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant, v. Annabell BORDERS, Individually and as next friend for Sabrina Ann Borders, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine A. Gerhauser, Burford & Ryburn, Dallas, for appellant.

Charles M. Wilson, III, Carter, Jones, Magee, Rudberg, Moss & Mayes, Alfred W. Ellis, Woodruff & Ellis, Dallas, for appellee.

Before AKIN, ROBERTSON and CARVER, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice.

This appeal involves the construction of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5506a (Vernon 1975), commonly referred to as the Hospital Lien Statute. Appellant Baylor Medical University Center filed a hospital lien in accordance with the statute against the account of Sabrina Borders, a minor. The trial court held that Baylor's claim was barred by limitations. We hold, however, that the statute establishes a separate cause of action independent of the patient...

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