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Marcela and Jose Bustamante, as Next Friends of D.B. v. Enrique N. Ponte, Jr., M.D. and Pediatrix Medical Services, Inc.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided September 29, 2017No. 15-0509PublishedCited by 148 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

delivered the opinion of the Court.. In this case, we must determine whether legally sufficient evidence supports a jury’s conclusion that the negligence of a premature infant’s treating neonatologist proximately caused her loss of-.vision. The evidence shows that, despite D.B.’s extreme prematurity, .had her. retinopathy of prematurity been diagnosed and treated early enough, .it is more likely than not that the blood-vessel growth in her eyes would have been slowed to the point that she would have enjoyed a sighted life. We hold that legally sufficient evidence supports the jury’s finding…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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