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BIRCHFIELD v. TEXARKANA MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. C-5895.

747 S.W.2d 361 (1987)

Phillip J. BIRCHFIELD et al., Petitioners, v. TEXARKANA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL d/b/a Wadley Hospital et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Branson and Paul N. Gold, Law offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C., Dallas, Prof. J. Hadley Edgar, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, for petitioners.

Victor Hlavinka, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, John C. Hawkins, Jr., Texarkana, William A. Eldredge, Jr., Friday, Eldredge and Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for respondents.

WALLACE, Justice.

Kellie Birchfield was born prematurely with a congenitally functionless right eye. Shortly after her release from the hospital, she was diagnosed as having retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) in her left eye and is now totally blind. Her parents, Phillip and Mary Jo Birchfield, individually and as next friends of Kellie, sued Texarkana Memorial Hospital (Wadley) and her three treating physicians, Dr. Jon Hall, Dr. Noel Cowan, and Dr. Betty Lowe. The petition...

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