CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE v. QUINTANILLA

No. 04-01-00269-CV.

88 S.W.3d 269 (2002)

The CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES, Appellant, v. Michael QUINTANILLA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled September 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alberto J. Pena, Susan C. Rocha, Denton, Navarro & Bernal, P.C., San Antonio, for Appellant.

Mark Louis Greenwald, Tinsman & Houser, Inc., San Antonio, for Appellee.

Sitting en banc: PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice, ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice, CATHERINE STONE, Justice, PAUL W. GREEN, Justice, SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice, KAREN ANGELINI, Justice, and SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.


Opinion by: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice.

The Center for Health Care Services ("the Center"), appeals from the denial of its plea to the jurisdiction of the trial court. On our own initiative, we consider this appeal en banc to determine whether the Texas Health & Safety Code "Whistleblower" provision waives the Center's sovereign immunity. We conclude that it does and affirm the trial court's denial of the Center's plea to the jurisdiction on Quintanilla's Texas...

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