Legal Opinion
Floyd v. Willacy County Hospital District
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided February 27, 1986No. 13-85-375-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
UTTER, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a wrongful death action. Appellants, as the legal survivors of Donald Wayne Floyd, deceased, sued the Willacy County Hospital District (the hospital), Dr. Joseph Montgomery-Davis, Martha Regina Birzer Lunsford (Nurse Lunsford) and Upjohn Health Care of the Rio Grande Valley. Summary judgment and a severance order were entered by the trial court disposing of all causes of action asserted against the hospital on the premise that the hospital was immune from liability under the Texas Tort Claims Act. 1 We affirm in part and…
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