BEGGS v. TEXAS DEP'T OF MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL RET.

No. 15180.

496 S.W.2d 252 (1973)

Gerald Pat BEGGS, Guardian of Lois Taylor Evans, N.C.M., Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, Fort Worth, John Feather, Stroud & Smith, Dallas, Joseph F. Leonard, Jr., Kerrville, for appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., John M. Barron, Larry York, Robert W. Gauss, J. C. Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for appellees.


BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment in a suit brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act, Article 6252-19, Vernon's Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. Appellant, the guardian of Lois Taylor Evans, N.C.M., brought the suit against appellees, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (MH-MR) and the Texas Department of Public Welfare, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Ms. Evans when Ms. Bessie Herrling...

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