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Texas Guards Not Immune from Theft Liability Act Claim

On July 12, 2007, a Texas Court of Appeals held that sovereign immunity does not prevent a Texas state prisoner from suing prison guards in their individual capacities for confiscating and destroying his property, in a claim brought under the Texas Theft Liability Act, Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code ...

 

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