Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Miller

OPINION

NUCHIA, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of a plea to the jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity filed by appellant, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). In a single issue, TDCJ contends that the trial court erred in denying the plea. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

This is a medical negligence claim arising out of the care and treatment provided to Clyde Edwin Miller, III, formerly an inmate of TDCJ in Huntsville, Texas. On or about August 24, 1994, Miller, while an inmate at TDCJ, became ill. Miller was taken to TDCJ’s health clinic complaining…