Tejada Ex Rel. Tejada v. Rowe

**What Happened** A person named Tejada filed a lawsuit claiming medical malpractice against individual employees (Rowe and DeMay) who worked for the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (UTMB), a government employer. The case also included wrongful termination claims, though the details of those claims aren't specified in the available information. **What the Court Decided** The court dismissed the claims against the individual employees and sided with the defendants. The judge ruled that under Texas law, when someone wants to sue government employees for actions they took as part of their job duties, they must sue the government agency itself (UTMB) rather than the individual workers personally. Since Tejada could have brought the case directly against UTMB as the employer, the claims against the individual employees had to be thrown out. **Why This Matters for Workers** This ruling shows that government employees in Texas have some protection from personal lawsuits when they're acting within their job responsibilities. If someone has a problem with how a government worker performed their duties, they generally must pursue legal action against the government agency rather than the individual employee personally.