Defendant Family Dental Services is a Texas corporation owned by defendant Dr. Castle and his wife. Family Dental Services functions as a management company for Castle Dental Center. Family Dental Services owns or leases property located at 6500 North Freeway and 5356 Westheimer, Houston, Texas, and subleases those premises to Castle Dental Center. The main offices of Castle Dental Center and Family Dental Services are located at 6500 North Freeway, Houston, Texas. 7. Defendants are private entities whose operations affect commerce.
Defendants own, operate, or lease the professional office of a health care provider.
Mr. Totten specifically sought to have braces to straighten his teeth. At this time, he was accepted for treatment at Castle. Mr. Totten was treated at Castle's office by various dentists, orthodontists, and dental hygienists and technicians there on several occasions after his initial appointment and before May of 1992. Thereafter, Castle Dental Center personnel again refused to provide Mr. Totten any further treatment because of his HIV infection. Castle Dental Center, through its employees' refusals or failures to treat Mr. Totten, denied him the benefit of its orthodontic services based on his HIV infection.