BAPTIST MEM. HOSP. v. ARREDONDO

No. 95-0861.

922 S.W.2d 120 (1996)

BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM, Robert L.M. Hillard, M.D., and Robert A. Westbrook, M.D., Petitioners, v. Anna ARREDONDO, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Alexander Trent Arredondo, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled June 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenfield Malinas, San Antonio, Linda C. Breck, Thomas F. Nye, Corpus Christi, Bruce E. Anderson, Clem Lyons, Irene Rios (Alarcon), San Antonio, for petitioners.

Peter J. Balega, Sean F. O'Neill and Thomas G. Kemmy, San Antonio, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

In this wrongful death action, Anna Arredondo alleges that Doctors Robert L.M. Hilliard and Robert A. Westbrook, together with Baptist Memorial Hospital System, negligently treated her newborn son, causing his death. We hold that limitations bars her wrongful death claim.

On July 17, 1991, Anna Arredondo gave birth to Alexander Arredondo at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Less than four hours after delivery, the Hospital transferred Alexander

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