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- Title: Jose Sendejar v. Alice Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
- Author : Tyler the Twelfth Court of Civil Appeals
- Release Date : January 30, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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This is a medical malpractice case. Appellant, Jose Sendejar, Sr., individually and as next friend of his son, Jose Sendejar, Jr., (appellant), instituted suit against appellees, Alice Physicians and Surgeons Hospital, Inc., and Dr. D. R. Halverson, alleging that as a result of the negligent acts and omissions on the part of the hospital and the doctor occurring after Jose Sendejar, Jr., was admitted to the hospital, his son suffered permanent injuries to his spinal cord resulting in complete and total paralysis from his chest down to his lower extremities. Appellees denied generally the allegations of the petition and affirmatively alleged that the paralysis suffered by Jose Sendejar, Jr., was proximately caused by his own contributory negligence in overturning and wrecking his automobile shortly before he was hospitalized and treated by Dr. Halverson. Trial was before a jury. The jury found in response to the special issues that (1) the hospital was negligent in failing to exercise the proper standard of care in rendering hospital services to Jose Sendejar, Jr.; (2) such failure was not a proximate cause of the patients paraplegia; (3) Dr. D. R. Halverson did not fail to exercise the proper standard of care in the treatment of Jose Sendejar, Jr.; (4) Jose Sendejar, Jr., failed to exercise ordinary care in the operation of his automobile shortly prior to the time of his hospitalization; (5) such failure was a proximate cause of his paraplegia; (6) his paraplegia was caused solely by the injuries received by him at the time of the automobile accident; and (7) neither the treatment rendered by Dr. Halverson nor the hospital aggravated his pre-existing condition or caused him to incur any past, present or future medical expenses or any compensatory damages. Pursuant to the jurys verdict, the trial court entered a take-nothing judgment against appellant. After his motion for new trial was overruled, appellant perfected this appeal.