Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. and Mission Vista Behavioral Health Services, Inc. D/B/A Mission Vista Behavioral Health Center v. Kenneth Palit

in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, Justice WILLETT, and Justice DEVINE joined.

In Texas West Oaks Hospital, LP v. Williams, we held that a mental health professional employee’s claims against his employer, a mental health hospital, alleging inadequate security and training were health care liability claims (HCLC) based on the 2003 amendments to the Texas Medical Liability Act (TMLA).1 Here, we consider the claims of an employee health care provider against his employer, also a health care provider. The employee’s claims arise from an incident…