Spinks v. Brown

Opinion by

PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.

Appellants Robert E. Spinks, Jr. and Stacey M. Spinks claim that Robert was injured during a surgical catheterization. They sued Dr. Marvin Brown, the physician who attempted to place the catheter, and Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital (“Hospital”), the facility where the surgery occurred. The trial court rendered a summary judgment in favor of the Hospital, leaving Dr. Brown as the sole defendant. At trial, the jury returned a take-nothing judgment in favor of Dr. Brown. In this appeal, the Spinkses contend the trial court erred in granting the Hospital’s…