(Download) "City Of Brownsville V. Alvarado" by Supreme Court of Texas ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: City Of Brownsville V. Alvarado
- Author : Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 30, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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Following inmate's suicide in city jail, his parents brought wrongful death and survival action against city, claiming that its negligence proximately caused inmate's death. The 103rd District Court, Cameron County, Menton J. Murray, Jr., J., entered judgment on jury verdict in favor of city, and parents appealed. The Corpus Christi Court of Appeals, 865 S.W.2d 148, reversed and remanded for new trial. On application for writ of error, the Supreme Court, Cornyn, J., held that: (1) submission of question in jury charge asking whether inmate's negligence or intentional conduct proximately caused his own death was not harmful error; (2) trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding evidence concerning city's decision to use certain intake forms and perform cell checks at particular intervals and recommendations made to city following earlier suicide attempt, as it pertained largely to city's discretionary formulation of jail policy; and (3) trial court's exclusion of other evidence did not constitute reversible error since it could not reasonably be said that verdict probably would have been different had it been admitted.
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