Washam v. Hughes

SHANNON, Justice.

Whitney Washam, a small child, died of cardiac arrest in Austin in June, 1977. Her parents, Jon and Linda Washam, appellants, filed a wrongful death and survival suit in the district court of Travis County against Thomas Hughes, Jr., an Austin pediatrician, to recover individually and as representatives of the estate of the child. After trial to a jury, the district court rendered judgment that the Washams take nothing.

The Washams pleaded that Whitney became ill during the evening of June 21, 1977. After her efforts to relieve Whitney’s distress were unsuccessful, Linda…