KASSEN v. HATLEY

No. D-4248.

887 S.W.2d 4 (1994)

Lisa KASSEN, R.N., Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Memorial Hospital, Gurjeet S. Kalra, M.D., and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Petitioners, v. Judy HATLEY and William Johnson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided November 10, 1994.

Rehearing Overruled December 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Bernays, Thomas L. Cox, Dallas, Donna M. Aversano, James Ldlum, Jr., Anthony G. Brocato, Jr., Dan Morales, Austin, for petitioners.

John Horany, James E. Girards, David R. Weiner, Dallas, for respondents.


GONZALEZ, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which HIGHTOWER, HECHT, CORNYN and SPECTOR, Justices, join.

In this case we decide whether a doctor and nurse employed by a governmental entity were entitled to the defense of official immunity when sued individually for medical malpractice. We conclude that official immunity is a question of fact that was not conclusively established. We thus affirm that part of the judgment of the court of appeals which reversed...

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