Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Bessman
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 10, 2011No. 01-11-00303-CVPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE BLAND, Justice.
Due to financial exigencies that Hurricane Ike created, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (“UTMB”) terminated a number of its faculty positions. The medical school’s provost coordinated the termination process, and department chairs recommended faculty members from their departments for termination. A group of faculty members,1 whose positions the school terminated, sued the provost and several department chairs (collectively, “the administrators”),2 asserting various tort claims. Relying on section 101.106(f) of the Texas Tort Claims Act, the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- Ollie, Dorothy v. Plano Independent School District, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2012
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