Legal Opinion
Laman v. Big Spring State Hospital
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided May 7, 1998No. 11-96-267-CVPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ARNOT, Chief Justice.
Patricia Laman, a patient of Big Spring State Hospital, was sexually assaulted by a male patient at the Hospital. Laman sued the Hospital and two of its employees, Wanda Murphy and Nona Sieler, for negligence with respect to the assault. The Hospital moved for summary judgment based on sovereign immunity; Sieler moved for summary judgment based on official immunity and lack of proximate cause; and Murphy moved for summary judgment based on official immunity. The trial court granted the motions and entered a take-nothing judgment. Laman appeals, asserting in three…
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