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