Legal Opinion
Putthoff v. Ancrum
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 19, 1996No. 2-96-056-CVPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAYCE, Chief Justice.
This appeal arises from a suit by the parents of Corliss Diane Ancrum against appellants Tarrant County, Nizam Peerwani, M.D., P.A. and Dr. Stephen L. Putthoff (sometimes collectively referred to as “appellants”) for damages caused by an alleged negligently performed autopsy. Dr. Peer-wani, P.A. is the Chief Medical Examiner for Tarrant County. Dr. Putthoff was appointed by Dr. Peerwani, P.A. as a Deputy Medical Examiner under Tex.Code Crim.PROC.Ann. art. 49.25, § 3 (Vernon 1979). 1 In their answers to the Ancrums’ lawsuit, appellants alleged the defenses of…
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