CENTRAL COUNTIES CENTER v. RODRIGUEZ

Nos. 03-00-00369-CV, 03-00-00640-CV.

45 S.W.3d 707 (2001)

CENTRAL COUNTIES CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICES, Appellant, v. Karen RODRIGUEZ, Appellee. and Austin State Hospital/Debbie Fiske, Individually and as Next Friend of Christopher Roy Rodriguez; and Raymond Rodriguez, Appellants, v. Debbie Fiske, Individually and as Next Friend of Christopher Roy Rodriguez; and Raymond Rodriguez/Austin State Hospital, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

March 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Scott Helfand, PLLC, Houston, for Central Counties.

Lisa R. Eskow, Asst. Solicitor Gen., Austin, for Austin State.

Martin Jay Cirkiel, Cirkiel & Associates, P.C., Round Rock, for Rodriguez.

Jay Harvey, Winckler & Harvey, L.L.P., Austin, for Fiske.

Before Chief Justice ABOUSSIE, Justices YEAKEL and PATTERSON.


YEAKEL, Justice.

Appellants Central Counties Center for Mental Health & Mental Retardation Services (the "Center") and Austin State Hospital (the "Hospital") bring these interlocutory appeals1 from the district courts' orders denying their pleas to the jurisdiction in suits filed by appellees Karen Rodriguez in the first case and Debbie Fiske and Raymond Rodriguez in the second. Because the cases' outcome depends on this Court's determination...

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