University of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston v. Tatum

OPINION ON REHEARING

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

Appellees, Lola Tatum, individually and as next friend of Dwight Tatum, Sandy Tatum, Lola Priscilla Tatum, Dwight Tatum, Jr., and Dwayne Tatum (collectively, “the Tatums”), filed a motion for rehearing of our June 21, 2012 opinion. We deny the Tatums’ motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion and judgment of June 21, 2012, and substitute this opinion and judgment in their place.

The Tatums sued appellant, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (“UTMB”), for medical malpractice for the loss of a bone flap removed from Dwight Tatum’s…