He gained national attention when the man called Sheppard suddenly died in his Juarez clinic at 2:50 a.m. Friday. Sheppard, alias actor Steve McQueen, went to Santosâ Clinca de Santa Rosa looking for reprieve from the painful cancer that was killing him. McQueen spent time in El Paso in 1972 during the filming here of âThe Getaway.â.
In most states and jurisdictions, landlord responsibilities cover, at least to some degree, protection of their tenants. This protection responsibility may impose a legal duty on the landlord to take steps to protect their tenants from thieves, assailants and criminal acts from other tenants.
Texas landlords must follow specific rules and procedures when evicting a tenant (see the article How Evictions Work: What Renters Need to Know, on this site). The state forbids landlords from taking the law into their own hands. Examples of illegal âself-helpâ evictions include changing the locks, removing the front door, or turning off the heat or electricityâall of which may be the basis for a tenant suing a landlord.