Legal Opinion
Ward v. Emmett
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided January 3, 2001No. 04-99-00789-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by:
KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.
Margaret Ward appeals from the granting of a summary judgment. In three issues, she asserts that Frank E. Emmett, Ph.D. and Joel Y. Rutman, M.D. failed to establish their entitlement to summary judgment as a matter of law. We affirm the judgment.
Factual and ProcedüRal Background
Margaret Ward (Ward) suffered from mental and behavioral problems for years. Ward’s parents purchased health insurance from Humana Insurance Company. On February 26, 1996, Ward shot and killed her mother, Janet Ward. Ward was charged with first degree murder and pleaded nolo…
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