City of Brownsville v. Alvarado

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1995-06-08

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CORNYN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all JUSTICES join. Ricardo Serna Alvarado committed suicide in the Brownsville City Jail by hanging himself with a blanket from the bars of his cell. His parents, Victor and Olga Alvarado, brought this wrongful death and survival action against the City, claiming that the City’s negligence proxima…

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