HERRING v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 872.

500 S.W.2d 718 (1973)

James W. HERRING, Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Moore, Houston, for appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Jack Sparks, Larry F. York, J. C. Davis, Austin, for appellee.


COULSON, Justice.

This is a summary judgment case.

A take-nothing summary judgment was rendered with prejudice by the district court against James W. Herring, appellant, in his suit for personal injuries against the Texas Department of Corrections, appellee. The court below held that, as a matter of law, this suit did not fall within any of the exceptions to sovereign immunity found in the Texas Tort Claims Act.

The question here is whether a motion...

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