Legal Opinion
Simms v. Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 3, 1976No. 15387PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADENA, Justice.
Plaintiff, Delia Garcia Simms, complains of a judgment, based on a jury verdict, denying her recovery for personal injuries which she alleged resulted from the presence of cornstarch on surgical gloves used by surgeons who operated on her for the purpose of removing an ovarian cyst.
Named as defendants in plaintiff’s petition were Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital; William F. Pipes, M.D., and Everett M. Boyd, M.D., the surgeons who performed the operation; Pioneer Rubber Company, a division of Sherwood Medical Industries, Inc.; Pharmaseal Laboratories; American Hospital Supply…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Bowles v. BourdonTexas Supreme Court · 1949
- Clark v. WaggonerTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- City of Beaumont v. GrahamTexas Supreme Court · 1969
- Garthe v. RuppertNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
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3Cited by28 opinions
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