Muenster Hospital District v. Carter

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The primary issue we address in this accelerated, interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s order denying Appellant Muenster Hospital District’s plea to the jurisdiction is whether the retaliatory discharge claims of Appellees Dr. Bonnie Carter, M.D. and Dr. Karla Davidson-Cox, M.D. are germane to, connected with, and properly defensive to the breach of contract claims affirmatively seeking monetary relief that are asserted by the Hospital District against the doctors. Because we hold that the doctors’ retaliatory discharge claims are germane to,…