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Covington Ex Rel. Lazard v. Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word

Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)

Decided August 2, 2005No. 07-03-0351-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

Appellants Elizabeth Roberts and Patricia Lazard Covington, independent administrator of the estate of Vincent Lazard, appeal a summary judgment dismissing their survival claims asserted on behalf of the estate. We will affirm the judgment.

Factual and Procedural Background

Vincent Lazard died intestate on December 27, 1999, while a patient at Chris-tas St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He did not leave a surviving wife but was survived by three children. On August 31, 2000, his daughter Patricia Lazard Coving-ton was appointed independent administrator of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

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