Legal Opinion
Titus Regional Medical Center v. Glenna Virginia Roach
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided June 24, 2011No. 06-11-00022-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice MOSELEY.
This appeal calls on us to address an oft-debated, but seldom crystal clear issue regarding a governmental entity’s immunity from suit. Glenna Virginia Roach (Roach) underwent surgery at Titus Regional Medical Center (Titus). After Roach’s surgery, she was taken to a hospital room and placed in a hospital bed. In her suit, Roach alleged that the hospital staff failed to raise the bed’s safety rails and left her unattended while still under the influence of anesthesia and that Titus failed to notify Roach’s family that she had been placed in a room after the…
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