Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Watt
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided August 1, 1997No. 10-97-008-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CUMMINGS, Justice.
Ruby Diane Watt filed suit under the Texas Tort Claims Act against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) alleging that prison officers at the Ferguson Unit in Madison County negligently caused the death of her son who was incarcerated in the unit at the time of his death. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 101.001-101.109 (Vernon 1997). Watt did not sue the officers individually.
TDCJ filed a motion for summary judgment on the basis of sovereign immunity. TDCJ asserted, among other things, that because the officers’ qualified immunity inured to TDCJ’s…
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