Legal Opinion
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v. Baker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 4, 2012No. 14-11-01037-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHARON McCALLY, Justice.
Appellees Preston Baker, Jennifer Baker, and their four children sued The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDA), The University of Texas System (UTS), and The Proton Therapy Center-Houston Ltd., L.L.P. (PTC) for claims based on personal injuries sustained by the Baker children. MDA and UTS filed a plea to the jurisdiction contending that sovereign immunity had not been waived. The trial court denied the plea, and MDA and UTS bring this interlocutory appeal. We affirm.
Background
The Bakers allege that Preston Baker was employed by MDA to use a…
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