Jenkins v. State

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a plea in abatement in a suit for personal injuries under the Texas Tort Claims Act.

John R. Jenkins (appellant) filed suit against six governmental entities and two individuals on May 25, 1976. He alleged that he received improper and negligent medical treatment in 1973 and 1974 while he was incarcerated in three different penal institutions managed by the eight defendants. The appellant further alleged that, as a result of that improper and negligent treatment, he experienced repeated epileptic seizures and…