Supreme Court of Texas

Failure to administer correct drug as a result of medical misdiagnosis does not constitute a "use of tangible personal property" for waiver of sovereign immunity under the Texas Tort Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/25/2000
• Decided 06/21/2001
• Published 06/21/2001

Judges

• Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL, and Justice JEFFERSON.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Cornyn, Atty. Gen., Richard D. Naylor, Kurt Howard Kuhn, Meredith Lea Kennedy, Office of the Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Martha K. Adams, Law Offices of Martha K. Adams, Galveston, Robert D. Green, Green & Barton, Houston, John McEldowney, Greer Hertz & Adams, Galveston, for Respondent.