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Mitchell Ray Sell, while hospitalized for psychosis and hallucinations, was allegedly heavily medicated and left lying in the same position for many hours; as a result, he developed “compartment syndrome” in one arm, required surgery, and remains permanently injured. On Mitchell’s behalf, respondent Cynthia Sell sued, among others, petitioners Evelyn Clark, Roseanne Rodriguez, and Elizabeth Ortiz for negligently failing to ensure Mitchell was periodically turned or roused; an attached report further suggests that defendants should have reported Mitchell’s over-medication to a physician. Petitioners, after answering, moved to dismiss the claims against them under section 101.106(f) of the Texas Tort Claims Act, TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE§101.106(f), asserting that they were employees of a governmental entity, Sunrise Canyon Hospital. Petitioners argued that the suit was based on conduct within the general scope of their employment, and that the claim could have been brought under the Tort Claims Act against the governmental unit. Sell responded.

 
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