MSHC the Waterton at Cowhorn Creek, LLC v. Donna Miller, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Nellie Mae Jackson

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

After a five-day stay in a Texarkana nursing and rehabilitation facility named The Waterton, Nellie Mae Jackson was admitted to a local hospital 1 where hospital personnel drained almost three liters of fluid from her bladder via catheter and where, the next day, she died. 2 As a result, Jackson’s daughter, Donna Miller, filed a medical negligence lawsuit against MSHC the Waterton at Cowhorn Creek, L.L.C., which complaint set out two types of causes of action, (A) vicarious liability for the alleged acts or omissions of The Waterton’s employees in the…