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WASHAM v. HUGHES

No. 13410.

638 S.W.2d 646 (1982)

Jon WASHAM, et ux., Appellants, v. Dr. Thomas HUGHES, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Watts, Law Offices of Larry Watts, P. C., Austin, for appellants.

Barry Bishop, Clark, Thomas, Winters & Shapiro, Austin, for appellee.

SHANNON, Justice.

Whitney Washam, a small child, died of cardiac arrest in Austin in June, 1977. Her parents, Jon and Linda Washam, appellants, filed a wrongful death and survival suit in the district court of Travis County against Thomas Hughes, Jr., an Austin pediatrician, to recover individually and as representatives of the estate of the child. After trial to a jury, the district court rendered judgment that the Washams take nothing.

The Washams pleaded...

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