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McCALL v. DALLAS COUNTY HOSP. DIST.

No. 11-97-00384-CV.

997 S.W.2d 287 (1999)

Betty Jane McCALL et al., Appellants, v. DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT d/b/a Parkland Hospital, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

May 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hamilton, H. Dawson French, French & Hamilton, Dallas, for appellant.

Winston Borum, Tricia Martin, Burford & Ryburn, Thomas Cox, Jr., Dallas, for appellee.

Panel consists of: ARNOT, C.J., and WRIGHT, J., and McCLOUD, Senior Judge.

OPINION

W.G. ARNOT, III, Chief Justice.

Edward Eugene McCall, a patient at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, went into cardiac arrest on March 5, 1991. The staff was able to resuscitate Mr. McCall, but he suffered permanent brain damage due to an oxygen deficiency. Mr. McCall was placed on life support until March 23, when he died. Mr. McCall's wife, Betty Jane, and their three children brought wrongful death and survival actions against Parkland. Parkland moved...

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