Tajchman Ex Rel. Tajchman v. Giller

WOLFE, Justice.

Edwin Tajchman and Peggy Ann Tajch-man, as next friends for their daughter, Margaret Anne Tajchman, appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Dr. Cole Giller and Dr. Jerry Adderholt. The Tajch-mans sued Doctors Giller and Adderholt, alleging that they were negligent in failing to obtain Margaret Tajchman’s informed consent prior to a Depth Electrode Placement (DEP) procedure. The Tajchmans sued Dr. Giller alone for allegedly violating the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. See Tex. Bus. & Com.Code Ann. § 17.46(b) (Vernon Supp. 1996). In two points of error, the Tajchmans…