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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Epileptic Prisoner's $60,000 Award

In this appeal by Harris County, Texas, and Sheriff Jack Heard
(Appellants), the state Court of Appeals, 14th District, upheld a $60,000
jury verdict in favor of a former epileptic prisoner who was injured as a
result of Appellants' negligence.

On February 21, 1974, Plaintiff John R. Jenkins was sentenced ...

 

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