McCord v. Memorial Medical Center Hospital

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of appellee Memorial Medical Center (MMC). The trial court held that MMC was a governmental agency and that appellant had failed to state a cause of action within the limited waiver of governmental immunity provided by the Texas Tort Claims Act.Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 101.001-101.109 (Vernon 1986). We affirm.

Appellant sued MMC alleging that he suffered injuries when a security guard employed by MMC assaulted him. According to appellant’s original petition, he entered MMC’s facilities to receive…