Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Miles
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 29, 1977No. 1637PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.
This appeal arises from the trial court’s overruling of appellants’ motion to reinstate a cause from which they took a voluntary nonsuit.
In June 1975, appellants, Carol Ann Griffin and her husband, filed suit against ap-pellees, Dr. Norman A. Miles and Heights Hospital, in Houston, Texas alleging negligence and breach of contract on the part of Dr. Miles and Heights Hospital in failing to remove a surgical sponge from Mrs. Griffin’s abdomen during a Caesarean Section. The presence of this sponge induced an infection causing her severe pain and required a second…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Dishman v. GaryTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Brooks v. O'ConnorTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- Chester v. Texas Employers Ins. Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- McClain v. HickeyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Butler v. Light Pub. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Watson v. Reserve National Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Christopher Braglia v. Kenneth Shea Middleton, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2012
- David M. Layton v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2010
- Jessica Wilkins, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sha'nya Harris v. Julie Kathryn McManemy, M.D. and Jalil Thurber, M.D., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
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