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T.L. v. COOK CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

No. 02-20-00002-CV.

607 S.W.3d 9 (2020)

T.L., a Minor, and Mother, T.L., on her behalf, Appellants, v. COOK CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Delivered: July 24, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS: JOSEPH M. NIXON , THE NIXON LAW FIRM, P.C., HOUSTON, TEXAS, EMILY COOK , THE LAW OFFICE OF EMILY, KEBODEAUX COOK , BELLAIRE, TEXAS, KASSI DEE PATRICK MARKS , THE LAW OFFICE OF KASSI DEE, PATRICK MARKS , GARLAND, TEXAS.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: THOMAS M. MELSHEIMER , STEVEN H. STODGHILL , GEOFFREY S. HARPER , THOMAS B. WALSH, IV , JOHN MICHAEL GADDIS , WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, DALLAS, TEXAS, AMY WARR , NICHOLAS BACARISSE , ALEXANDER DUBOSE & JEFFERSON LLP, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AMICI CURIAE: GREG ABBOTT , GOVERNOR; KEN PAXTON , ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS; JEFFREY C. MATEER , FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL; KYLE D. HAWKINS , SOLICITOR GENERAL; BILL DAVIS , DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Before Gabriel, Birdwell, and Wallach, JJ.

OPINION

I. Introduction

In 1975, the State Bar of Texas and the Baylor Law Review published a series of articles addressing the advisability of enacting legislation that would permit physicians to engage in "passive euthanasia"1

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