ANDERSON v. BESSMAN

No. 01-11-00303-CV.

365 S.W.3d 119 (2011)

Garland D. ANDERSON, M.D., Randal J. Urban, M.D., Billy U. Philips, Ph.D., Vicente A. Resto, M.D., Henry F. Epstein, M.D., David H. Walker, M.D., Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., M.D., and Robert M. Hirschfeld, M.D., Appellants, v. David BESSMAN, M.D., Hari Dayal, Ph. D., S. David Hudnall, M.D., Golda Anne Kevetter Leonard, Ph.D., Gregg T. Nagle, Ph.D., William H. Nealon, M.D., Brian Peerce, Ph.D., Nancy K. Wills, Ph.D., and Charles E. Holzer III, Ph.D., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

November 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Ellen Klusmann , Austin, TX, for Appellants.

Timothy A. Beeton , Simpson & Beeton, Galveston, TX, Micky N. Das , Tyler & Das, Jocelyn Annette Holland , McLeod, Alexander, Powell & Apffel, P.C., Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice RADACK and Justices BLAND and HUDDLE.


OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

Due to financial exigencies that Hurricane Ike created, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ("UTMB") terminated a number of its faculty positions. The medical school's provost coordinated the termination process, and department chairs recommended faculty members from their departments for termination. A group of faculty members,1 whose positions the school terminated, sued the provost...

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