Clifford A. Smith v. Galveston County, Texas

Opinion issued October 7, 2010

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-08-01011-CV

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Clifford Smith, Appellant

V

Galveston County, Appellee

On Appeal from the 212th District Court

Galveston County, Texas

Trial Court Case No. 08-CV-0034

O P I N I O N

Pro se inmate Clifford Smith sued Galveston County for negligence after he slipped in the jail shower and sustained injury. The county filed a plea to the jurisdiction in which it alleged that it was immune from Smith’s suit. The trial court granted the plea and dismissed Smith’s suit against the County. In one…