Tarrant County, Texas v. Roderick Lydell Bonner
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
In this summary-judgment appeal, we consider the liability standard that applies to an inmate's suit for personal injury allegedly sustained during his incarceration in the county jail. The inmate's injury was allegedly caused by a defective chair that collapsed during the inmate's treatment for diabetes. At issue is the application of two statutes that generally protect governmental actors and entities from liability for their own negligence in connection with certain inmate activities, including the medical treatment in this case. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 42.20 ; TEX. GOV'T CODE §…
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