Ponder v. Texarkana Memorial Hospital, Inc.

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This appeal arises from a directed verdict on a portion of a negligence case and a take-nothing judgment rendered on the remainder. Because the trial court improperly directed a verdict and limited the testimony of a key expert witness at trial, we reverse and remand.

Steven Ponder, Jr. was born at Texar-kana Memorial Hospital, d/b/a Wadley Regional Medical Center [Wadley]. Dr. Roy Deskin was Steven’s pediatrician. The medical records show that he was normal at birth. However, because his mother was gestationally diabetic and insulin-dependent, Steven was at risk for…