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WOOD COUNTY v. RIVERS

No. 12-00-00070-CV.

51 S.W.3d 626 (2000)

WOOD COUNTY, Bill Skinner and Billy Blunt, Appellants, v. Sue RIVERS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Bobby Lynn Harris, Deceased, Danna Taylor, Personal Representative of the Estate of Letricia Kay Harris, Deceased, Sue Rivers and Danna Taylor as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Carrie Gail Harris, Sue Rivers and Danna Taylor, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Candy Michele Harris, Della Ruth Harris and Edgar Lee Blankenship, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

December 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Michael Jung, Dallas, Dallas, for appellants.

Prof. William D. Underwood, for appellees.

Panel consists of HADDEN, J., WORTHEN, J., and RAMEY, Retired Chief Justice, Twelfth Court of Appeals, sitting by assignment.

HADDEN, Justice.

This is an appeal of a trial court's interlocutory order denying a motion for summary judgment, in which Wood County, its Sheriff, Bill Skinner, and its Deputy Sheriff, Billy Blunt, asserted qualified immunity as an affirmative defense to the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim filed by Appellees.1 In one issue, Appellants assert that the denial was error. For the reasons stated below, we dismiss the appeal as to Wood County,...

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