Bourne v. Nueces County Hospital District

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for recovery under the Texas Tort Claims Act. Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 101.001 — 101.109 (Vernon 1986). Appellant Genny Bourne sued Nueces County Hospital District d/b/a Memorial Medical Center (MMC) for the deaths of her husband and young daughter, and for her own personal injuries. The trial court granted MMC’s motion for summary judgment holding that appellant had failed to state a cause of action within the waiver provisions of the statute, and that appellant had failed to comply with the statute’s notice requirement. We affirm.

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