ROGERS v. BAGLEY

No. 19-0634.

623 S.W.3d 343 (2021)

Ramona ROGERS, M. D., Modesto Zamorano, Stephanie Cumpian, Rolando Flores, Hector Ontiveros, Priscilla Nieto, Sonia Hernandez-Keeble, Blas Ortiz, Jr., David Moron, M. D., Jaime Flores and Rio Grande State Center, Petitioners, v. David Saxon BAGLEY, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Jeremiah Ray Bagley, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: April 16, 2021.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kara Lynne Kennedy , Bill Davis , Austin, Brantley David Starr , Dallas, Dallas County, Brent Webster , Houston, Warren Kenneth Paxton , Austin, Chelsea L. Fullwood , Jeffrey C. Mateer , Philip A. Lionberger , Austin, Kyle D. Hawkins , James Edward Davis , Dallas, for Petitioners Rogers, M.D., Ramona.

Jeffrey C. Mateer , Warren Kenneth Paxton , Austin, Brantley David Starr , Dallas, Dallas County, Kara Lynne Kennedy , Austin, Chelsea L. Fullwood , James Edward Davis , Dallas, Philip A. Lionberger , Austin, Kyle D. Hawkins , Bill Davis , Austin, for Petitioners Ontiveros, Hector, Moron, M.D., David, Ortiz, Jr., Blas, Zamorano, Modesto, Flores, Rolando, Flores, Jaime, Hernandez-Keeble, Sonia, Nieto, Priscilla, Cumpian, Stepahnie, Rio Grande State Center.

Katie P. Klein , McAllen, Julian Carlos Gomez , William D. Mount Jr. , McAllen, for Respondent.


The questions before us are (1) whether claims asserted against a state mental health facility and its employees arising from the death of a patient, pleaded as claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, are health care liability claims under the Texas Medical Liability Act (TMLA); and (2) if so, whether...

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