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JOHNSON v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Civ. A. No. 73-H-1278.

373 F.Supp. 1108 (1974)

Shirley JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

April 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Jerry Merchant of Merchant, Barfield & Poff, Amarillo, Tex., for plaintiff.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Jack Sparks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NOEL, District Judge.

This is a tort action arising out of the fatal crash of a Texas Department of Corrections airplane into the crest of a Colorado mountain. An escaped prisoner, William Perry Johnson, who was being transferred following his capture in the State of Oregon, and the two pilots of the aircraft lost their lives in the crash. The prisoner's widow (whom he had allegedly married...

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