HAWKINS v. TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 12-99-00438-CV.

30 S.W.3d 446 (2000)

Mark and Larinda HAWKINS, Appellants, v. TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, Tyler, Texas, and Reverend Darrell Wait, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Overruled September 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Mark M. Donheiser of Dallas, TX, for appellants.

Mr. James Shelby Sharpe of Fort Worth, TX, for appellees, Trinity Baptist.

Mr. Levi Glenn McCathern of Dallas, TX, for appellees, Reverend Wait.

Panel consisted of RAMEY, Jr., C.J., HADDEN, J., and WORTHEN, J.


JIM WORTHEN, Justice.

Larinda and Mark Hawkins, ("Larinda" and "Mark"), appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of Trinity Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas ("Trinity"), and Reverend Darrell Wait ("Wait"), in their suit under the Sexual Exploitation by Mental Health Services Provider Act1 ("the Act"), for negligent hiring and retention and for breach of fiduciary duty. In eight issues, they contend that the trial court erred in granting...

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