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DENTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. LaCROIX

No. 2-95-003-CV.

947 S.W.2d 941 (1997)

DENTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER and Epic Healthcare Group, Inc. Appellants, v. Lawrence "Butch" LaCROIX, Individually and as Next Friend of Katherine "Kathy" LaCroix, and as Next Friend and Parent of Lawryn LaCroix, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled July 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, Wiles, Norton & Keith, L.L.P., Kevin J. Keith, Dallas, for Appellants.

Michener Larimore Swindle Whitaker Flowers Sawyer Reynolds & Chalk, L.L.P., Jerry K. Sawyer, John Allen Chalk, Fort Worth, for Appellees.

Before CAYCE, C.J., and DAY and DAUPHINOT, JJ.

OPINION

DAY, Justice.

The main issue we must decide in this medical malpractice case is whether the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to hold a hospital liable for medical negligence under a theory of direct corporate liability, notwithstanding the jury's failure to find that the treating physicians and nurse were negligent. We hold that the evidence is sufficient to support the jury's negligence finding against the hospital. We also hold that...

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