Eoff v. Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation

OPINION

REEVES, Chief Justice.

This appeal considers the liability of a hospital for alleged acts of negligence, violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), 1 and the alleged negligence of a physician working in the hospital’s emergency room. Appellants/Plaintiffs are Mrs. Marjorie Sue Eoff and her husband, Milton W. Eoff. Appellee/Defen-dant is the Hal and Charlie Peterson Foun dation, d/b/a Sid Peterson Hospital (the hospital).

The hospital was awarded a partial summary judgment in which the trial court found that the DTPA did not, as a matter of law, apply to this case.

A jury…