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TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE v. WATT

No. 10-97-008-CV.

949 S.W.2d 561 (1997)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Appellant, v. Ruby Diane WATT, Individually a/n/f to Jessica Denise Jackson, and as the Administratrix of the Estate of William Corey Watt, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

August 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Morales, Attorney General, Jorge Vega, Deputy Attorney General, Drew T. Durham, Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice, Ann Kraatz, Asst. Attorney General, Chief, Law Enforcement Defense Division, and Karen Denise Matlock, Bruce R. Garcia, Asst. Attorneys General, Austin, for appellant.

John L. Pierce, Navasota, for appellee.

Before DAVIS, C.J., and CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

Ruby Diane Watt filed suit under the Texas Tort Claims Act against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) alleging that prison officers at the Ferguson Unit in Madison County negligently caused the death of her son who was incarcerated in the unit at the time of his death. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN. §§ 101.001-101.109 (Vernon 1997). Watt did not sue the officers individually.

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