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HICKSON v. MARTINEZ

No. 05-84-00933-CV.

707 S.W.2d 919 (1985)

Larry HICKSON and Kanako Hickson, Appellants, v. Jorge MARTINEZ, M.D., Colonial Hospital, Inc., Terrell Public Hospital Corp. d/b/a Terrell Community Hospital, American Medical International, Inc., and Professional Ambulance Service, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1986.

Second Rehearing Denied April 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Ayres, Jr. P.C., Dallas, for appellants.

Roger Townsend, Fulbright & Jaworski, Dallas, for appellees.

Before STEPHENS, VANCE and McCLUNG, JJ.

McCLUNG, Justice.

Two year-old Byron Hickson died from complications accompanying meningitis and meningococcemia, diseases which affect membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. His mother took him to two hospitals in Terrell, but the child received no therapeutic treatment until he was transferred to Children's Medical Center in Dallas. Contending that their son would not have died if he had received proper medical treatment in Terrell, his parents, Larry...

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