Texas Supreme Court Affirms Waiver Of Cancer Hospital’s Immunity From Family’s Suit

Mealey's (July 9, 2019, 11:41 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A divided Texas Supreme Court on June 28 affirmed an appeals court ruling that the state Tort Claims Act waives a cancer hospital’s sovereign immunity, allowing claims against it to proceed over the death of a woman after undergoing a clinical trial cancer procedure (University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v. Lance McKenzie, et al., No. 17-0730, Texas Sup., 2019 Tex. LEXIS 679)....