Dalehite v. Nauta

OPINION

SCOTT BRISTER, Chief Justice.

Appellants Henry Dalehite (individually and as independent executor of the Virginia Dalehite Estate), Ellen Dalehite We-dell, Anne Dalehite Slitter, Charles R. Dalehite, and Henry Dalehite, III (“the Dalehites”), appeal from a summary judgment granted against them in favor of appellee Haring J. Nauta, M.D. Because we find Dr. Nauta is entitled by statute to the protections of governmental immunity, we affirm.

The UTMB Judgment

Virginia Dalehite died shortly after an operation by Dr. Nauta, a neurosurgeon, for treatment of a cerebral aneurysm. The Dalehites…