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WOODS v. VANDEVENDER

No. 09-08-00377-CV.

296 S.W.3d 275 (2009)

Honorable G. Mitch WOODS, in his Official Capacity as Sheriff of Jefferson County, Texas and Jefferson County, Texas, Appellants, v. James VANDEVENDER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided August 31, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom E. Maness, Crim. Dist. Atty., Thomas F. Rugg, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaumont, for appellants.

B. Craig, Philip Durst, Deats Durst Owen & Levy, P.L.L.C., Austin, Richard L. Aman, C.L.E.A.T. Senior Staff Atty., Houston, for appellee.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., KREGER and HORTON, JJ.

OPINION

CHARLES KREGER, Justice.

James VanDevender, a former Jefferson County deputy sheriff, filed suit against Jefferson County Sheriff G. Mitch Woods ("Sheriff Woods") and Jefferson County, Texas, after the County stopped paying his full salary benefit during a period of incapacity caused by an injury he sustained in the course of his official duties during a prior term of office. While VanDevender's injury occurred in one term of office, the period of...

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