Legal Opinion
Austin v. Hale
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided April 24, 1986No. 10-85-226-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment. Donna and Steve Austin, plaintiffs-appellants, sued John Hale, Todd Maslow and the Texas Department of Human Resources (DHR), defendants-appellees, claiming that Hale and Maslow, who are employees of DHR, and DHR were negligent in investigating a report that their two-year-old daughter was being abused while she was living with her aunt and uncle. 1 DHR moved for a summary judgment on the ground of sovereign immunity, and Hale and Maslow moved for a summary judgment based on the defense of official immunity. The court granted…
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