Legal Opinion
Hatley v. Kassen
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided December 3, 1992No. 05-91-01122-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENOCH, Chief Justice.
Judy Hatley and William Johnson appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Southwestern) and Gurjeet S. Kalra, M.D., and a directed verdict granted in favor of Lisa Kassen, R.N., and Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Hospital (Parkland). We reverse and remand.
FACTS
Pennie Johnson, now deceased, was the daughter of Judy Hatley and William Johnson. Pennie Johnson was a chronic mental-health patient. After multiple admissions over nearly a ten-year period, Johnson's treatment team decided…
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