Legal Opinion
in Re Baylor Medical Center at Garland
Texas Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 2008No. 06-0491Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
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No. 06-0491
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In re Baylor Medical Center at Garland, Relator
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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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Argued September 27, 2007
2Opinion of the Court · BristerJustice Brister, joined by Chief Justice Jefferson, Justice Hecht, Justice O’Neill, Justice Wainwright, Justice Green, Justice Medina and Justice Willett
Justice Johnson filed a dissenting opinion.
Mandamus will not issue against a new judge for what a former one did.[1] In this medical malpractice case, the jury found for the defendant hospital, but the trial judge granted a new trial, allegedly based on juror affidavits prohibited by the rules.[2]…
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- Brenda Griffin Toole, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
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