A Texas hospital and physician claim they have been wrongly named in a medical-malpractice suit and are asking appellate justices toreverse a lower court’s ruling denying their motion to dismiss.

The family of the late Laura Sebile filed suit against the Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital, two doctors, and an anesthesiologist, claiming her death was a result of their negligence. The lawsuit claims that Sebile, who was 70 years-old and morbidly obese, died after doctors performed “unnecessary heart surgery.”

The hospital and Dr. Juan Gonzalez, the anesthesiologist, objected to the plaintiff’s allegations calling the accusations vague and broad. Saying that the plaintiff’s allegations “never articulate how (Dr.Gonzalez’s) alleged negligence caused Mrs. Sebile’s death.”

Gonzalez and the hospital both claim that Sebile’s death “can be traced to the surgical complication” she suffered when a surgeon punctured her heart.

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