Legal Opinion
Smith v. Galveston County
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 7, 2010No. 01-08-01011-CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAURA CARTER HIGLEY, Justice.
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 issue, Smith challenges the trial court’s dismissal by asserting that the County’s immunity from suit was waived.
We affirm.
Background
On February 28, 2006, Smith was an inmate in the Galveston County Jail. He was housed in the part of the jail known…
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