Salas v. Gamboa

OPINION

BUTTS, Justice.

This is a summary judgment case. TEX. R.CIV.P. 166a. Appellants, Roberto Salas, Jr. and Dolores A. Salas, individually and on behalf of their deceased son, Roberto Salas, III, sued Jose Gamboa, M.D. and Southwest General Hospital, pursuant to TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 4590i (Vernon Supp.1988). In their health care liability claim against the hospital and Dr. Gam-boa, plaintiffs alleged that both were negligent in refusing to provide emergency medical care to their child, and the refusal proximately caused the death of the child and the injuries and damages sustained by…