Christus Health Gulf Coast (As an Entity, D/B/A Christus St. Catherine Hospital, and Formerly D/B/A Christus St. Joseph Hospital) v. Linda G. Carswell
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.
Linda G. Carswell sued CHRISTUS Health Gulf Coast (as an entity, d/b/a CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital and formerly d/b/a CHRISTUS St. Joseph Hospital) (“Christus”) for negligence after her husband, Jerry Carswell, died at CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital (“St. Catherine”) in January 2004. Carswell also asserted claims for post-mortem fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence (“the post-mortem claims”) concerning Christus’s attempt to obtain her consent to an autopsy. Following trial beginning on August 11, 2010, a jury found in favor of Christus on…
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