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MURPHY v. GALVESTON COUNTY

No. B14-89-00839-CV.

788 S.W.2d 938 (1990)

Scott A. MURPHY, Appellant, v. GALVESTON COUNTY and Sheriff Joe Max Taylor, Appellees.

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

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. McPherson, Houston, for appellant.

Scott Lyford, Donald S. Glywasky, Galveston, for appellees.

Before ROBERTSON, CANNON and DRAUGHN, JJ.

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendants in a personal injury suit governed by the Texas Tort Claims Act. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agents arrested appellant, Scott A. Murphy, for public intoxication and transferred him to Galveston County Jail, where someone closed the door to his jail cell, amputating his left thumb. In response to appellees' claim that a TABC agent, not a county employee...

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