Timmons v. University Medical Center

OPINION

MACKEY K. HANCOCK, Justice.

Tamara Timmons appeals from the trial court’s order granting University Medical Center’s plea to the jurisdiction. We will affirm.

Factual and Procedural History

On February 16, 2007, Timmons underwent surgery at University Medical Center (UMC) to repair a hernia. Dr. John P. Thomas, M.D., performed this surgery. It was during this procedure that a sponge or other packing material was left inside Tim-mons’s abdomen. She, of course, was unaware of that fact initially.

The surgical wound from this procedure caused health problems for Timmons, prompting her to make…