Supreme Court of Texas - March 2003 Opinion Summaries

BRISCOE v. GOODMARK CORP.

Civil Procedure
Under the law of the case doctrine, the court of appeals had authority to reconsider its first dismissal of an appeal, and to change that first...

GIBSON v. TOLBERT

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Professional Malpractice
An indigent inmate does not have a right to appointed counsel in a civil case merely because the inmate's suit is against an employee of the prison in...

WICHITA FALLS STATE HOSP. v. TAYLOR

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
By enacting section 321.003 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Legislature did not intend to waive the State's sovereign immunity to suit...