Gomez v. ITT Educational Services, Inc.

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Herminia Gomez, the wife of appellant Juan Gomez, was murdered in Dallas County, Texas, on March 11, 1998, by Bobby Turner, a recruiter employed by ITT Educational Services, Inc., d/b/a ITT Technical Institute (“ITT Technical”). On February 18, 2000, Mrs. Gomez’s family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Dallas County, Texas, purporting to name ITT Technical as defendant, and alleging that ITT Technical had negligently hired Turner without discovering his extensive criminal record. However, the Gomez suit named the wrong defendant, and actually sued a company called “ITT…