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creating a duty to not inflict injury upon an unborn baby
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No. B-2845.
October 6, 1971.
Appeal from the 153rd District Court, Tarrant County, Harold Craik, J.
Brown, Crowley, Simon Peebles, M. Hendricks Brown, Fort Worth, for petitioner.
Puff Jameson, Jim Jameson, Fort Worth, for respondent.
ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR
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.