Gray v. Floyd

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

The question in this case is whether a jury may award an accident victim her surgeon’s fee to treat accident-related injuries, but award nothing for the hospital and anesthesiologist fees incurred in the same surgery. Stated differently, may a jury find that surgery was necessary, but anesthesia and hospitalization were not, absent any proof to that effect, and despite uncon-tradicted proof to the contrary.

Alan Floyd drove his car into the rear end of Pearlie Gray’s car in Houston, on January 3, 1987. Gray did not complain of injury at the time, no police or ambulance…