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UNIV. OF TEX. M.D. ANDERSON v. McKENZIE

No. 17-0730.

578 S.W.3d 506 (2019)

The UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, Petitioner, v. Lance MCKENZIE, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Courtney McKenzie-Thue (Deceased), and Deborah Diver, Individually and as Next Friend of J.O., a Minor, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 28, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Sullivan , Brantley David Starr , Jeffrey C. Mateer , Kara Lynne Kennedy , Kevin Desiderio Molina , Kyle D. Hawkins , W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, James Edward Davis , The University of Texas at Austin, Scott Keller , Baker Botts LLP, Austin, for Petitioner.

Kirk L. Pittard , Dana Brooke Levy , Durham, Pittard & Spalding, L.L.P., Dallas, Allan R. Brain , Susan Leigh Vanostrand Fuller , Brain & Fuller, Attorneys at Law, Peter Michael Kelly , First Court of Appeals, Houston, for Respondents.

Justice Lehrmann delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice Guzman, Justice Boyd, Justice Devine, and Justice Blacklock joined.

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