TEXAS TECH UNIV. HEALTH SCI. v. WARD

No. 07-07-0451-CV.

280 S.W.3d 345 (2008)

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER and University Medical Center, Appellants, v. Carita Elizabeth WARD and Dustin Ward, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

August 6, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brantley David Starr, Jason Warner, Office of Attorney General, Asst. Atty. Gen.-Tort Litigation, Austin, TX, Don C. Dennis, Boerner, Dennis & Franklin, PLLC, Lubbock, for Appellants.

Charles Dunn, Law Offices of Charles Dunn, Lubbock, TX, for Appellees.

Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.


OPINION

PATRICK A. PIRTLE, Justice.

Appellants, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and University Medical Center (UMC) appeal from the trial court's order denying their respective pleas to the jurisdiction in a medical malpractice suit brought by Appellees, Carita and Dustin Ward, arising from the death of their stillborn child. We reverse and render.

TTUHSC and UMC contend the Texas Tort Claims Act1

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