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HAWKINS v. WALKER

No. 09-06-287 CV.

238 S.W.3d 517 (2007)

William N. HAWKINS and Alex Strange, Appellants v. Vivian WALKER and Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas d/b/a Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital East, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided October 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Galloway, Erin J. Brown, Thompson & Knight LLP, Dion C. Ramos, The Ramos Law Firm, Houston, Clay Dugas, Mike Jacobellis, Clay Dugas & Associates, Beaumont, for appellants.

Gregg Anderson, Terry Bryant LLP, Timothy F. Lee, Ware, Jackson, Lee & Chambers, L.L.P., Houston, for appellees.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., KREGER and HORTON, JJ.

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

In this wrongful death case, we consider whether the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support the jury's award of $1,700,000 in damages to Vivian Walker for past and future mental anguish and for past and future loss of companionship and society arising from the death of her twenty-six year old daughter, Shiketa Walker. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN...

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