Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Petty Ex Rel. Kauffman
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 27, 1991No. 3-90-002-CVPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWERS, Justice.
Opal Petty, through her “next friends” Herbert Clinton Denson and Linda Kauff-man, sued the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to recover damages for personal injuries that Ms. Petty allegedly suffered as a result of the negligence of Department employees. Ms. Petty recovered a judgment against the Department in the amount of $250,000. Both the Department and Ms. Petty appeal. We will affirm the trial-court judgment.
THE CONTROVERSY
In 1934, the State committed Opal Petty, on her father’s petition, to the Austin State Hospital. She was then age 16. She…
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