Legal Opinion
Hopkins County Hospital District v. Allen
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 25, 1988No. 9630PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLEIL, Justice.
The Hopkins County Hospital District appeals a judgment awarding damages for future disfigurement and future mental anguish to Kimberly Allen in a medical malpractice action. The Hospital District questions the evidentiary support for the jury’s findings of future mental anguish and future disfigurement. Alternatively, it contends that the damage awards are excessive. We conclude that the evidence sufficiently supports the jury’s findings and that the damages are not excessive.
On May 3, 1984, Allen gave birth by Caeserean section. The doctors who performed the delivery…
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