Edinburg Hospital Authority v. Treviño

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and HECHT, CORNYN, ENOCH, OWEN and BAKER, Justices, joined, in Parts I and IV of which GONZALEZ, Justice, joined, and in Parts I, III, and IV of which ABBOTT, Justice, joined.

In this medical malpractice case we consider whether a mother and father may recover mental anguish damages resulting from the delivery of a stillborn fetus. The jury found that Edinburg Hospital Authority, d/b/a Ed-inburg General Hospital, and its employees had negligently caused the mother and father mental anguish resulting from the loss of the fetus, and the trial court awarded…