Birchfield v. Texarkana Memorial Hospital

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• holding that separate awards of exemplary damages require that the verdict include “separate and distinct findings of actual damages”
• holding that the standard of care for a hospital is what an ordinarily prudent hospital would do under the same or similar circumstances
• holding that a premature infant acquired goods and services sold by a hospital, regardless of the fact that she did not contract for them
• holding that a premature infant acquired goods and services sold by a hospital, regardless of the fact that she did not contract for them
• holding that expert may state opinion on mixed question of law and fact as long as opinion is confined to relevant issues and based on proper legal concepts
• holding that expert may state opinion on mixed question of law and fact as long as opinion is confined to relevant issues and based on proper legal concepts

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