Legal Opinion
Snelling v. Mims
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided December 31, 2002No. 10-01-308-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BILL VANCE, Justice.
After Edith Bowman died in a nursing home, her heirs brought suit for negligence and gross negligence against the Somervell County Health Care Authority, its board of directors, and staff members at the nursing home. All the defendants (Appellees) filed a plea to the jurisdiction claiming governmental (sovereign) immunity from suit, which the trial court granted. Appellants appeal from that final order of dismissal.
Appellants claim: (1) dismissing the cause for want of jurisdiction is procedurally incorrect; (2) the trial court erroneously failed to rule on…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Bland Independent School District v. BlueTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Mayhew v. Town of SunnyvaleTexas Supreme Court · 1998
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- Federal Sign v. Texas Southern UniversityTexas Supreme Court · 1997
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of San Antonio v. Butler, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2004
- WISE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS v. BrittainCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2008
- Kelso v. Gonzales Healthcare Systems, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
- Somervell County Healthcare Authority v. Sanders, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2005
- Jones v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2010
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