( October 18, 2023, 2:49 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court should find that the Texas Pandemic Liability Protection Act (PLPA) may be applied retroactively to a Southern Methodist University (SMU) student’s breach of contract claim in a putative class complaint over the school’s closure during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Baylor University argues in the latest amicus curiae brief addressing a question certified by the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....