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SHARPE v. MEM. HOSP. OF GALVESTON CTY.

No. 01-86-00929-CV.

743 S.W.2d 717 (1987)

Juan D. SHARPE, Appellant, v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GALVESTON COUNTY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

December 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill J. Sanders, Sanders & Sanders, Beaumont, for appellant.

Scott Lyford, County Legal Dept., Galveston, for appellee.

Before WARREN, COHEN and DUNN, JJ.

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

Appellant sued appellee, a county hospital, under Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. chapter 101 (Vernon 1986), the Texas Tort Claims Act. Appellee filed a plea to the jurisdiction, claiming that its governmental immunity was not subject to the limited waivers of the Texas Tort Claims Act because it was not a "governmental unit," as that term is defined in § 101.001(2)(B) of the Act. It did not file a verified plea, pursuant...

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