Court Opinion

ID: 4392523
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-05-01 11:42:45.43396+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:31:06.227714
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
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     BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE, HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER, PETITIONER,
                                                 v.

                        RUTHEN JAMES WEEMS III, RESPONDENT
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                            ON PETITION FOR REVIEW FROM THE
                     COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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                                          JUDGMENT

       THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS, having heard this cause on petition for review from
the Court of Appeals for the Sixth District, and having considered the appellate record, briefs, and
counsels’ arguments, concludes that the court of appeals’ judgment should be reversed.

       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, in accordance with the Court's opinion, that:

                              1)      The court of appeals’ judgment is reversed;

                              2)      Judgment is rendered that Ruthen James Weems III take
                                      nothing; and

                              3)      Each party shall bear their own costs incurred in this Court
                                      and in the court of appeals.

        Copies of this judgment and the Court’s opinion are certified to the Court of Appeals for
the Sixth District and to the District Court of McLennan County, Texas, for observance.

                        Opinion of the Court delivered by Justice Guzman

                                          April 26, 2019
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