Bill Text: TX SCR49 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Granting Jacqueline A. Carrizales permission to sue the San Antonio Water System.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SCR49 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SCR49-Introduced.html
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| By: Wentworth | S.C.R. No. 49 | |
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| WHEREAS, Jacqueline A. Carrizales alleges that: | ||
| (1) in 1999, Mrs. Carrizales and her husband, Frank J. | ||
| Carrizales, moved into a rent house in San Antonio, Texas; | ||
| (2) the small neighborhood's water service was | ||
| provided by Austin Highway Water Supply Company; | ||
| (3) in January 2010, the San Antonio Water System | ||
| bought Austin Highway Water Supply Company; | ||
| (4) many times over the years the Carrizaleses' | ||
| drinking water was brown and undrinkable and the Carrizaleses were | ||
| told to boil the water; | ||
| (5) the Carrizaleses complained about the water | ||
| quality to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the | ||
| predecessor to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; | ||
| (6) Mr. Carrizales was a manual laborer and after work | ||
| would consume large quantities of water to rehydrate; | ||
| (7) Mrs. Carrizales did not drink water; | ||
| (8) in 2007, Mr. Carrizales began spitting up blood | ||
| and was told he had Helicobacter pylori bacteria and stomach | ||
| cancer; | ||
| (9) most of Mr. Carrizales's stomach was removed and | ||
| Mr. Carrizales's weight dropped from 200 pounds to 95 pounds; | ||
| (10) Mr. Carrizales died at the age of 47 with no prior | ||
| illnesses; and | ||
| (11) Mrs. Carrizales holds the San Antonio Water | ||
| System responsible for Mr. Carrizales's death because of the poor | ||
| quality of the drinking water; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That | ||
| Jacqueline A. Carrizales is granted permission to sue the San | ||
| Antonio Water System for wrongful death and survival causes of | ||
| action related to or arising from the allegations set forth in this | ||
| resolution, in the manner described for a suit against the state | ||
| under Chapter 107, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That if Jacqueline A. Carrizales is successful in | ||
| proving her allegations against the San Antonio Water System, Mrs. | ||
| Carrizales is entitled to an award of damages and reasonable | ||
| attorney's fees, prejudgment interest, and court costs authorized | ||
| by law; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the president of the San Antonio Water System | ||
| be served process. | ||
