SANTA ROSA HEALTH CARE CORP. v. GARCIA

No. 96-0945.

964 S.W.2d 940 (1998)

SANTA ROSA HEALTH CARE CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Linda Balderas GARCIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathy J. Sheehan, Jerry A. Gibson, San Antonio, for Petitioner.

George P. Powell, McAllen, for Respondent.


SPECTOR, Justice, delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

In this case, we consider whether Santa Rosa had a duty to notify Linda Garcia that she was at risk of contracting the HIV virus. The court of appeals held that Santa Rosa had a duty to notify Garcia and that a fact issue existed whether it breached that duty. Garcia v. Santa Rosa Health Care Corp., 925 S.W.2d 372, 378 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1996). We...

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