Williams v. Sun Valley Hospital

723 S.W.2d 783 (1987)

Pamela WILLIAMS, Appellant,

v.

SUN VALLEY HOSPITAL, Appellee.

No. 08-85-00348-CV.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

January 7, 1987.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1987.

Cliff Preslar, Demarest & Smith, Dallas, for appellant.

Paul W. Dudley, Dudley, Dudley, Collins & Windle, El Paso, for appellee.

Before OSBORN, C.J., and FULLER and WOODARD, JJ.

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

Our opinion and judgment issued on November 26, 1986, are withdrawn and the following is the opinion of the Court.

Does a hospital treating a voluntarily admitted mental patient have a duty to the general public…