Lenoir v. U.T. Physicians

OPINION ON REHEARING1

Harvey Brown, Justice

This is a health care liability case arising from the death of Shana Lenoir hours after receiving prenatal care at U.T. Physicians clinic (UTP). UTP obtained dismiss*73al from the suit when the trial court granted its plea to the jurisdiction based on an assertion that it qualifies as a governmental unit and, therefore, has governmental immunity from suit. The appellants (referred to collectively as the Lenoirs) brought this interlocutory appeal challenging the dismissal.

The Lenoirs contend that the trial court erred by granting UTP’s plea to the…