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SCOTT v. BRITTON

No. 01-99-01101-CV.

16 S.W.3d 173 (2000)

Wayne SCOTT, Appellant, v. Wallace R. BRITTON, Sr., and Nancy Murphy, as next friend of Norman Britton, a minor, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

April 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Naylor, Austin, for appellant.

Monica Celeste Vaughan, Houston, for appellee.

Panel consists of Justices MIRABAL, TAFT, and PRICE.

OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

Wallace Britton, Jr., (the deceased), died from heat stroke while confined on a broken-down prison bus in hot weather. Appellees, Wallace R. Britton, Sr., father of the deceased, and Nancy Murphy, as next friend of Norman Britton, son of the deceased, brought suit against appellant, Wayne Scott, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice—Institutional Division (TDCJ). Appellees asserted state claims of negligence...

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