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WICHITA FALLS STATE HOSP. v. TAYLOR

No. 10-00-377-CV.

48 S.W.3d 782 (2001)

WICHITA FALLS STATE HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. Deborah D. TAYLOR, Individually and as heir of the Estate of Terry Lynn Taylor, Deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

May 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Thompson, Asst. Sol. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

James B. Barlow, Barlow & Garsek, Fort Worth, Michael D. Moore, Weatherford, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justices VANCE and GRAY.

OPINION

DAVIS, Chief Justice.

Deborah Taylor filed a wrongful death and survival action against the Wichita Falls State Hospital and a doctor employed by the Hospital after her husband committed suicide following his discharge from the Hospital. Taylor contends that the Hospital discharged her husband in a manner contrary to the "patient's bill of rights" adopted by the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation ("MHMR") under chapter 321 of the...

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