Langley v. Jernigan

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

When forty-six-year-old John Langley began to experience pain in his abdomen, he went to the emergency room at Providence Hospital in Waco, where he was later admitted. It was October 1996. He *754was treated by several physicians, including Appellee Jernigan who was the attending physician, ie., he had the primary responsibility for Langley’s treatment. Emergency surgery was performed, but within two days Langley died. He left a wife, Marie, and a young daughter, Mari-ah. In September 1998, Marie, individually and as representative of Langley’s estate and of Mariah,…