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Employees entitled to dismissal in TTCA defamation suit against entity
Brown v. Xie (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] May 29, 2008 )(Alcala)
(TTCA, defamation, dismissal of employee of governmental entity defendant)
REVERSE TC JUDGMENT AND RENDER JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Alcala
Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Alcala and Bland
01-05-00137-CV Barbara Brown, Dan Fontaine, Dr. James Abbruzzese and U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v.
Ke-Ping Xie, M.D., Ph.D.
Appeal from 215th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Levi J. Benton

Poland v. Dr. James Willerson (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Mar. 13, 2008)(Taft) (HCLC, expert report, TTCA,
election of defendant, government unit or government employee)
AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Taft
01-07-00198-CV Raymon Poland, Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Jessie Poland,
Robert Martin, and Frank Martin v. Dr. James Willerson
Appeal from 152nd District Court of Harris County (Judge Ken Wise)

Sheth v. Dearen (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 24, 2007)(Hedges)(TTCA, HCLC)
[T exas Tort Claims Act case, immunity, motion to dismiss employee of governmental entity]
REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
14-07-00004-CV Dhiren S. Sheth v. Donald C. Dearen
Appeal from 334th District Court of Harris County (Judge Sharon McCally)