Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Texas Department of Corrections
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided April 11, 1974No. Civ. A. 73-H-1278PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.-
This is a tort action arising out of the fatal crash of a Texas Department of Corrections airplane into the crest of a Colorado mountain. An escaped prisoner, William Perry Johnson, who was being transferred following his capture in the State of Oregon, and the two pilots of the aircraft lost their lives in the crash. The prisoner’s widow (whom he had allegedly married in Oklahoma after his escape from prison) brings this action against the Texas Department of Corrections (hereinafter referred to as TDC) and the Executrix and Administratrix of the…
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