Hudson v. Texas Children's Hospital

OPINION

LAURA HIGLEY, Justice.

Appellant, Wanda Hudson, as the mother of Sun, sought injunctive relief in the trial court, requesting that appellee, Texas Children’s Hospital (“the hospital”) be ordered to continue life-sustaining treatment for her infant (“Sun”). Hudson based her claims on Texas Health and Safety Code subsection 166.046(g) (hereinafter “subsection 166.046(g)”),1 the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”),2 and the Texas Health and Safety Code section 311.022 3 (commonly referred to as “the Texas anti-dumping statute”).

Of the seven issues presented…