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CASTILLO v. TROPICAL TEXAS CENTER

No. 13-96-517-CV.

962 S.W.2d 622 (1997)

Mary CASTILLO, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Aurelia Yzaguirre, et al., Appellants, v. TROPICAL TEXAS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

December 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Filemon B. Vela, Constant & Vela, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

Dan Morales, Jorge Vega, Laquita Hamilton, Nelly R. Herrera, Melodie Elizabeth Krane, Austin, for appellees.

Before DORSEY, YAÑEZ and RODRIGUEZ, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Tropical Texas Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation ("Tropical Texas") and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation ("MHMR") on the basis of sovereign immunity.1

David Ruiz, a former patient at Tropical Texas, attacked, raped, and murdered Aurelia Yzaguirre. Appellants, the husband, parents...

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