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Justice Medina, joined by Justice Lehrmann, dissents from the Court's interpretation of Section 101.106 of the Texas Tort Claims Act. The dissent argues that the 2003 amendment to the Act does not overrule the precedent set in Kassen v. Hatley, which held that government-employed medical personnel are not entitled to official immunity for negligent medical judgment. Medina asserts that the statutory condition could have been brought under this chapter against the governmental unit refers to actionable claims where governmental immunity has been waived, rather than merely the physical filing of a suit. The dissenting justices contend that the Court's broader interpretation unfairly compels plaintiffs to sue the government for non-actionable claims and effectively eliminates their choice of remedies against individual employees, disregarding the Legislature's intent to create an election of remedies.
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Justice Medina, joined by Justice Lehrmann, dissents from the Court's interpretation of Section 101.106 of the Texas Tort Claims Act. The dissent argues that the 2003 amendment to the Act does not overrule the precedent set in Kassen v. Hatley, which held that government-employed medical personnel are not entitled to official immunity for negligent medical judgment. Medina asserts that the statutory condition "could have been brought under this chapter against the governmental unit" refers to actionable claims where governmental immunity has been waived, rather than merely the physical filing of a suit. The dissenting justices contend that the Court's broader interpretation unfairly compels plaintiffs to sue the government for non-actionable claims and effectively eliminates their choice of remedies against individual employees, disregarding the Legislature's intent to create an election of remedies.
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