YOUNG v. MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSP. SYSTEM

No. 06-20709.

573 F.3d 233 (2009)

Randall S. YOUNG; Thessa G. Young, Individually and as next friends of Ashton Young, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SYSTEM, doing business as Memorial Hermann Hospital; Rural/Metro of Texas LP; Memorial Hermann Healthcare System; R/M of Texas GP, Inc.; Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.; Jose Medina, MD; Katrin Y. Takenaka, MD; Stacy MacDonald, RN; Alie Riedle, RN, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John David Hart (argued), Law Offices of John David Hart, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig Smyser (argued), Kristin E. Adler, Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka, Houston, TX, for Memorial Hermann Hosp. Sys., Memorial Hermann Healthcare Sys., MacDonald and Reidle.

Edward J. Wallison, Jr., Rathwell & Nizialek, The Woodlands, TX, for Rural/Metro of Texas LP, R/M of Texas GP, Inc., and Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.

Richard M. Law, Christopher G. King, Kacal, Adams & Law, Houston, TX, for Medina.

Charles Bruce Holm, Holm, Bambace & McCabe, Houston, TX, for Takenaka.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Randall Young, his wife, and their minor child have asserted health care liability and derivative claims and appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants (collectively, Memorial) on the element of causation. We affirm.

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