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SNELLING v. MIMS

No. 10-01-308-CV.

97 S.W.3d 646 (2002)

Sadie S. SNELLING and Kathryn J. Newman, Individually and as Heirs and Statutory Beneficiaries of Edith Elizabeth Bowman, Deceased, and as Representatives of the Estate of Edith Elizabeth Bowman, Deceased, Appellants, v. Steven D. MIMS, Individually, Brenda Ann Strickland, Individually, Somervell County Health Care Authority d/b/a Glen Rose Medical Center Nursing Home, and Mike Ford, P.M. Milam, Dorothy Gibbs, Evalene Howell, Sid Underwood, Nancy Willis, and Scot May, Jointly, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

December 31, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Stewart, Law Office of Mark Stewart, Ft. Worth, for Appellants.

Alexis J. Fuller, Jr., Davis & Davis, P.C., Austin, for Appellees.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.

OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

After Edith Bowman died in a nursing home, her heirs brought suit for negligence and gross negligence against the Somervell County Health Care Authority, its board of directors, and staff members at the nursing home. All the defendants (Appellees) filed a plea to the jurisdiction claiming governmental (sovereign) immunity from suit, which the trial court granted. Appellants appeal from that final order of dismissal.

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