Legal Opinion

Porterfield v. Galen Hosp. Corp., Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)

Decided July 30, 1997No. 04-96-00531-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STONE, Justice.

Anita Porterfield appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of Galen Hospital d/b/a San Antonio Regional Hospital and Donna Torbet on her claims for wrongful termination and intentional infliction of emotional distress. We reverse and remand the wrongful termination claimbecause material issues of fact exist regarding Porterfield’s termination. We fail to find outrageous con- duet and affirm the summary judgment as to the emotional distress claim.

Facts

Porterfield, an employee of Galen Hospital, was fired by her supervisor, Donna Torbet. Porterfield claims the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. McConnell v. Southside Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Randall's Food Markets, Inc. v. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Montgomery v. KennedyTexas Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Twyman v. TwymanTexas Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by29 opinions

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