Legal Opinion
Hall v. Birchfield
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 26, 1986No. 9346PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Justice.
Dr. Jon D. Hall, Dr. Noel W. Cowan (by and through Pansy Cowan, executrix), Dr. Betty A. Lowe, and Texarkana Memorial Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Wadley Hospital, appeal a judgment of $3,311,500.00 based upon a jury verdict. The case involved alleged medical malpractice concerning re-trolental fibroplasia (RLF) in a newborn infant.
Kellie Birchfield was bom on August 14, 1974, at Wadley Hospital in Texarkana to parents, Phillip J. Birchfield and Mary Jo Birchfield. The infant was two to three months premature and weighed two pounds, seven ounces. She was born with a congenitally small…
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