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PAYNE v. GALEN HOSP. CORP.

No. 99-1011.

28 S.W.3d 15 (2000)

Janis Ann PAYNE, Petitioner, v. GALEN HOSPITAL CORPORATION d/b/a Clear Lake Medical Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Argued March 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Waldner, Vickery & Waldner, Houston, Mike Morris, Tekell Book Matthews & Limmer, Houston, for petitioner.

William A. Sherwood, Richard A. Sheehy, McFall Sherwood & Sheehy, Houston, for respondent.

Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner injured her back while working as a hospital nurse and had a prescription filled to treat her injury at the hospital pharmacy, which provides medication only to hospital patients and employees who suffer on-the-job injuries. Petitioner suffered a severe and permanently disabling reaction to the medication, and she sued the hospital for negligence and gross negligence in filling her prescription. The parties...

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