Texas Supreme Court· 12/22/1994

Kassen v. Hatley

Citations

887 S.W.2d 4
1994 WL 625998

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holding that employees of state hospital did not have official immunity for their alleged negligence in treating and releasing patient because they exercised medical discretion under Kassen
holding that government-employed medical personnel are not immune from tort liability if the character of the discretion they exercise is medical and not governmental
holding that government-employed medical personnel are not immune from tort liability if the character of the discretion they exercise is medical and not governmental
recognizing that official immunity “protects government officers from personal liability in performing discretionary duties in good faith within the scope of their authority”
holding that government-employed medical personnel are not immune from tort liability if the character of the discretion they exercise is medical and not governmental
holding that because plaintiffs did not object to trial court or request opportunity to amend their petition in wake of governmental entities’ summary judgment, they waived any complaint

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Judges: Gonzalez, Hightower, Hecht, Cornyn, Spector, Phillips, Court'S, Gammage, Enoch, Doggett

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