UNIVERSITY MED. BRANCH v. ESTATE OF BLACKMON

No. 10-03-00093-CV.

169 S.W.3d 712 (2005)

The UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON, Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Darla BLACKMON, By Its Beneficiary Sheila SHULTZ, and Sheila Shultz, Individually, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

June 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Deckard, Asst. Atty. General-Tort Litigation Div., Austin, for appellant.

Stephen A. Khoury, Dallas, for appellees.

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


OPINION

BILL VANCE, Justice.

Introduction

This is an interlocutory appeal of the trial court's denial of a plea to the jurisdiction by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB).

UTMB provides medical services to inmates in Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) facilities in Coryell County. An inmate's daughter seeks wrongful-death and survival damages following her mother's death from pneumonia while incarcerated...

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