Dwayne A. Ham v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Dwayne A. Ham v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-98-058-CV

DWAYNE A. HAM,

Appellant

v.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT

OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE,

Appellant

From the 52nd District Court

Coryell County, Texas

Trial Court # 28587

O P I N I O N

Appellant Ham appeals from a judgment that he take nothing in his suit for personal injuries (under the Texas Tort Claims Act) against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).

Appellant, a prison inmate, was helping put a new roof on a one-story house owned by TDCJ at the Hilltop Unit on August 4, 1993. He slipped from a scaffold that was…