For the second time in four years, Texas legislators turned to Michael Massengale, a former appellate justice, to write a report about a tragedy where adults failed to protect young children. Working with criminal defense attorney Casey Garrett, the reports on the 2025 deadly flooding and the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde worked to set the record straight. Lessons from the flood likely saved lives when rain returned to the Hill Country last week, but more needs to be done to make camps safe, the two investigators told The Texas Lawbook.
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