Smith v. Christus Saint Michaels Health System

PER CURIAM: *

Plaintiffs-Appellants in this healthcare liability case appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Christus St. Michaels Health System (“Christus” or “hospital”) in their suit alleging the wrongful death of Austin F. Smith. The primary issue on appeal is whether Plaintiffs provided evidence that Christus’s negligence was the proximate cause of Smith’s death. As explained below, we hold that the Plaintiffs’ evidence was sufficient to create an issue of fact on the causation question, and we therefore REVERSE the district court’s…