Legal Opinion
Crane County v. Saults
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided March 20, 2003No. 08-02-00207-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order denying a plea to the jurisdiction filed by a governmental unit. See Tex. Civ. Phac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp. 2008). We reverse the order and render judgment dismissing this cause for lack of jurisdiction.
Factual and Procedural Background
Randy Saults filed suit against Crane County, Texas, claiming that he was injured while incarcerated in the Crane County Jail on October 31, 1997. Saults alleged that as he was opening a freezer door located at the top of a stairway, the door swung out, causing him to fall…
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