YANES v. SOWARDS

No. 98-0047.

996 S.W.2d 849 (1999)

Hector O. YANES, M.D., Petitioner, v. Mollie SOWARDS and G.A. Sowards, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled August 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Steve Nagle, Michael A. Ysasaga, Max E. Freeman, II, Richard Craig Baker, Dallas, for Petitioner.

Bill Liebbe, Lucinda Lynn Stanford, Dallas, for Respondents.


PER CURIAM.

The issue here is whether the trial court abused its discretion by dismissing a juror whose grandfather was ill and not expected to live, and proceeding with only eleven jurors. We hold that it did not. We therefore reverse the court of appeals' judgment and render judgment that respondent take nothing.

Mollie and G.A. Sowards sued Hector O. Yanes, M.D., alleging that Yanes operated on the wrong artery during Mollie's coronary artery bypass surgery...

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