Arredondo v. State

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

Esteban M. Arredondo has appealed an order of the trial court sustaining special exceptions to his pleadings. His suit, which sought joint and several liability and punitive damages, was based on negligence and alternatively, on the Texas Tort Claims Act. The original defendants were: the State of Texas, Dr. Kenneth Gaver, then Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Retardation, Dr. Bill R. Walker, Superintendent of the Austin State School, Dr. James Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent of the Austin State School, Dr. Sung Dong Choi, a Staff Physician of the…