An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a Fort Worth mother who does not want a hospital to end life-sustaining treatment for her 1-year-old daughter. Texas’ Second Court Court of Appeals is considering the case after a lower court said Cook Children’s Medical Center could remove Tinslee Lewis from life support. The appeals court has said...

An appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a Fort Worth mother who does not want a hospital to end life-sustaining treatment for her 1-year-old daughter.

The high-profile case of Tinslee Lewis, the Fort Worth child who has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center since she was born, heads back to court Tuesday morning. A court of appeals will decide whether the baby must remain on life support as her case plays out. “I see a fighter. I see a girl that...

The high-profile case of Tinslee Lewis, the Fort Worth child who has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center since she was born, heads back to court Tuesday morning.

The high-profile case of Tinslee Lewis, the Fort Worth child who has been on life support at Cook Children’s Medical Center since she was born, heads back to court Tuesday morning.

Oral arguments in the Tinslee Lewis appeal are now scheduled for next week. Trinity Lewis, baby Tinslee’s mother, has been awaiting a court decision as Cook Children’s Medical Center planned to end the 11-month-old baby’s life support after no other medical provider could be found. Doctors at Cook Children’s in Fort Worth insist the child is in pain and...

Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton filed court documents Friday to support a Fort Worth family in the midst of a court battle to keep an 11-month-old girl on life support. Abbott and Paxton filed the friend-of-the-court brief in court that supports a family’s wish to grant temporary injunction to keep her on life support until the...

A mother awaiting a court decision in her battle against Cook Children’s Medical Center’s plan to end life-sustaining treatment for her 11-month-old daughter spoke out Monday after revoking the medical center’s permission to talk about her child’s treatment. “This situation takes away my job as a mother and lets other people who don’t even know her decide whether her...

A mother awaiting a court decision in her battle against Cook Children’s Medical Center’s plan to end life-sustaining treatment for her 11-month-old daughter spoke out Monday after revoking the medical center’s permission to talk about her child’s treatment.

A judge is giving a Fort Worth hospital the green light to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support despite her family’s protest. Joe Nixon, the attorney representing the family of Tinslee Lewis, said the child’s mother Trinity Lewis was disappointed in the decision. “She wants her baby to live,” Nixon said. “We believe that under the United States...

A judge is giving a Fort Worth hospital the green light to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support despite her family’s protest. The Thursday morning ruling by the 48th judicial district court says Cook Children’s Medical Center will give the family of Tinslee Lewis up to seven days to make a decision on whether to appeal.

A Fort Worth judge on Thursday sided with a hospital that plans to remove an 11-month-old girl from life support after her mother disagreed with the decision by doctors who say the infant is in pain and that her condition will never improve.

Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth intends to remove Tinslee Lewis, 11-months, from life support despite her family’s opposition.

A judge has extended a temporary restraining order in a case centering around whether a Fort Worth hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition. On Thursday, Judge Sandee Bryan Marion extended the temporary restraining order until Jan. 2, 2020, in Tinslee Lewis’ case. Marion heard arguments from attorneys representing Lewis’ family and Cook Children’s…

A judge has extended a temporary restraining order in a case centering around whether a Fort Worth hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition.

A judge is considering whether a Texas hospital can remove a 10-month-old girl from life support despite her family’s opposition. The mother of Tinslee Lewis testified Thursday that the infant is “sassy” and enjoys cartoons. The family is seeking an injunction to block Cook Children’s Medical Center from ending Tinslee’s life-sustaining treatment.

A judge on Thursday will consider whether a Fort Worth hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition.

A judge on Thursday will consider whether a Fort Worth hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition.

A new judge will consider if a North Texas hospital can take a 10-month-old girl off life support despite her family’s opposition after the impartiality of the previous judge was questioned. A temporary restraining order stopping Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth from removing life-sustaining treatment for Tinslee Lewis was set to expire Tuesday. But after the removal...