PERONE v. TEXAS DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 1206.

583 S.W.2d 880 (1979)

Johnny Lee PERONE, Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Richard Ellis, III, Ramsey & Murray, Houston, for appellant.

Jack Sparks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellee.


SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court sustaining a plea of privilege filed by the Texas Department of Corrections, defendant below.

This case arose out of a collision between a truck, belonging to the Texas Department of Corrections and being driven by James Trull, an inmate at the Department of Corrections in Huntsville, Texas, and an automobile owned by Johnny Lee Perone, plaintiff below. Plaintiff initiated this suit...

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