Legal Opinion
Scott v. Britton
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided April 13, 2000No. 01-99-01101-CVPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TIM TAFT, Justice.
Wallace Britton, Jr., (the deceased), died from heat stroke while confined on a broken-down prison bus in hot weather. Ap-pellees, Wallace R. Britton, Sr., father of the deceased, and Nancy Murphy, as next friend of Norman Britton, son of the deceased, brought suit against appellant, Wayne Scott, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division (TDCJ). Appellees asserted state claims of negligence, survival action and wrongful death damages, and federal violations of due process and Eighth Amendment rights. Scott challenges the trial…
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3Cited by47 opinions
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