El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., D/B/A Las Palmas Medical Center v. Laura Murphy

El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., d/b/a Las Palmas Medical Center, appeals from a judgment awarding damages to Laura Murphy on her claims for statutory retaliation and tortious interference. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment based on a jury’s findings that El Paso Healthcare retaliated against Murphy and interfered with her employment contract after she reported that a physician failed to obtain a patient’s informed consent. We reverse the court of appeals’ judgment and render judgment that Murphy take nothing,

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Background

Laura Murphy is a certified registered nurse…