Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Denton, Marc Wilson, M.D., and Alliance ob/gyn Specialists, Pllc D/B/A ob/gyn Specialists, Pllc v. D.A. and M.A., Individually and as Next Friends of A.A., a Minor

This permissive interlocutory appeal concerns the Texas Medical Liability Act's emergency-medical-care provision, which requires claimants asserting certain medical-malpractice claims to prove "wilful and wanton negligence." We hold that the provision applies to claims arising from emergency medical care provided in a hospital's obstetrical unit regardless of whether the patient was first evaluated or treated in a hospital emergency department. We reverse the court of appeals' judgment and render judgment reinstating the trial court's partial summary judgment in the petitioners' favor.

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