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A drone shot of the Texas Medical Center, on Aug. 28, 2020.
A Houston Methodist hospital employee who was stabbed inside a Texas Medical Center parking garage earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against the operators of the complex, claiming they failed to provide proper security.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Baleigh Burmaster, the stabbing victim. She claims the Texas Medical Center failed to provide adequate security despite knowing or having had reason to “know of the high rate of occurrence of past violent criminal events,” the lawsuit states.
Officials for the Texas Medical Center, which bills itself as the largest medical complex in the world, declined to comment on the lawsuit. It seeks $1 million in damages for past and future medical expenses, physical pain, suffering, mental anguish, lost wages, attorney’s fees and more.
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“While we cannot provide comment on pending litigation, the safety and security of everyone who works, receives care, studies and visits the Texas Medical Center campus remains a top priority,” a Texas Medical Center spokesperson said in a statement to Houston Public Media.
Early on the morning of May 11, Burmaster was assaulted inside her vehicle during an attempted robbery in a Texas Medical Center parking garage. Burmaster was working for Houston Methodist and parking ahead of her shift when she was attacked.
Perry Green, 46, was arrested on May 13 and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and aggravated kidnapping for the alleged assault of Burmaster. He is currently being held in the Harris County Jail, according to jail records.
According to the lawsuit, Burmaster is expected to have scarring across her body, including on her face, for the rest of her life after being stabbed multiple times.
The lawsuit claims that since April 2025, there have been 101 reported incidents of assault, 48 reported incidents of aggravated assault, 81 reported incidents of miscellaneous intimidation and 15 reported incidents of rape or sexual assault in the area.
The lawsuit cites Safemap.oi as its source for the crime statistics for the medical center area. According to Safemap’s website, it uses the City of Houston’s monthly crime data as its source.
“Between May 11 and May 26, 2026, alone, there were four violent crimes committed in the area, including the attack on [Burmaster],” the lawsuit claims. “A reasonably prudent premises owner would have identified and taken reasonable steps to deter the risk of violent crime from harming invitees, like [Burmaster]. Defendant TMC failed to do so.”