Yandell v. Delgado
| Decision Date | 06 October 1971 |
| Docket Number | No. B--2845,B--2845 |
| Citation | 471 S.W.2d 569 |
| Parties | Michael C. YANDELL, Petitioner, v. Vincent H. DELGADO, as next friend of Elizabeth Delgado, a Minor, Respondent. |
| Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Brown, Crowley, Simon & Peebles, M. Hendricks Brown, Fort Worth, for petitioner.
Puff & Jameson, Jim Jameson, Fort Worth, for respondent.
We approve the holding of the Court of Civil Appeals stated as follows: 'We hold that subject, of course, to the proof required in such cases a cause of action does exist for prenatal injuries sustained at any prenatal stage provided the child is born alive and survives.' 468 S.W.2d 475, 478.
The application is refused, no reversible error.
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