Slocum v. Galveston County

SELLERS, Justice.

Appellants, Blake G. Slocum and wife, brought a suit for personal injuries against Galveston County alleging that Mrs. Slocum had sustained personal injuries as a result of consuming a meal in which was embedded a piece of glass which severely injured her gums, mouth and teeth. At the time of sustaining her injuries, Appellant was a paying patient in Galveston County Memorial Hospital, which was owned and operated by the Defendant. Appellant contends that such occurrence, in the absence of the asserted defense of governmental immunity, was such as to form the basis for…