Camp Mystic has brought on high-profile Austin lawyer Mikal Watts to help defend it against any potential lawsuits over the July Fourth flood that killed 28 individuals at the Hill Country retreat.
Watts — best known for representing parties suing for negligence in cases stemming from such disasters as the wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, California and Hawaii — will provide his legal services for free to the Eastland family, who have run the Christian girls’ camp for three generations.
The flood claimed the lives of 25 campers, two counselors and Camp Mystic co-owner Richard “Dick” Eastland…