PIETILA v. CRITES

No. D-2282.

851 S.W.2d 185 (1993)

Richard PIETILA, M.D. and Oliver Loyd, M.D., Petitioners, v. Norman CRITES and Jill Crites, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max E. Wright, Julia E. Vaughan, Debra Neeley, Midland, Jack Q. Tidwell, Denis Dennis, Odessa, for petitioners.

Steve Hershberger, Jr., Odessa, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

This is a medical malpractice case for emotional harm from the loss of a fetus. After the plaintiffs declined to amend their petition, the trial court granted summary judgment for the defendant physicians. The court of appeals, with one justice dissenting, reversed and remanded, holding there was a common law cause of action for mental anguish resulting from the loss of a fetus. 826 S.W.2d 175. We hold that mental anguish...

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