Dallas Cty. Mental Health and Mental Retardation v. Bossley

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1998-06-23

Cited by 683 later decision(s) in our corpus · see the citation network in Lexace

Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this case

From the opinion

ABBOTT, Justice, joined by SPECTOR, Justice, dissenting. The Court concludes that “the use and condition of the doors were too attenuated from Roger’s death to be said to have caused it.” In doing so, the Court’s analysis ignores the traditional proximate cause elements of cause in fact and foreseeability. Travis v. City of Mesquite, <a href="/opinion/1766914/t…

Read the full opinion (source) ↗


Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Citation figures are counts of later citing opinions in our corpus and may be incomplete; always read and Shepardize the full opinion before relying on it.