Maldonado v. Frio Hospital Ass'n

OPINION

Opinion by: CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

Sonia Maldonado and Zap Velasquez (“Appellants”) contest the trial court’s grant of a summary judgment in favor of Frio Hospital Association (“Association.”) Because we hold the Association established official immunity as a matter of law, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Factual and PROCEDURAL Background

On April 3, 1995, appellant Sonia Maldonado entered Frio Hospital in the early stages of labor. Around five o’clock in the morning, a doctor examined Maldonado and placed her on a pitocin drip to encourage labor. An hour later, a nurse observed…