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VELA v. CAMERON COUNTY

No. 13-85-001-CV.

703 S.W.2d 721 (1985)

Pablo VELA, Jr. and Wife, Hortencia Vela, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Edward Vela, Deceased, Appellants, v. CAMERON COUNTY, Texas and the State of Texas, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Morrow, Carinhas & Morrow, Brownsville, for appellants.

David H. Hockema, Atlas & Hall, Edna Ramon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellees.

Before NYE, C.J., and BENAVIDES and DORSEY, JJ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Cameron County and the State of Texas. Hortencia and Pablo Vela brought suit under the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts alleging that the State and County were negligent, and that the negligence resulted in the drowning of their son, Edward, in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, offshore a park owned and operated by Cameron County...

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