City of Tyler v. Liberty Utilities (Tall Timbers Sewer) Corp., 01-17-00745-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], December 20, 2018) This is a declaratory judgment case where the First District Court of Appeals in Houston held a provision of the Texas Water
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City of Merkel v Copeland, 11-16-00323-CV (Tex. App. — Eastland, October 18, 2018). This is a governmental immunity/breach of contract claim where the Eastland Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. The City entered into a
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City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy v. Maria Del Rosario, 03-18-00107-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 3, 2018) Jaime Membreno died in 2009 when he came in contact with one of the City’s overhead power lines while working on a construction job
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City of Weslaco v. Raquel Trejo and Roberto Trejo, 13-18-00024-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, June 21, 2018) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the
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Wasson Interests, Ltd. vs. City of Jacksonville,17-0198, — S.W.3d. — (Tex. June 1, 2018) In 2016 the Texas Supreme Court held the proprietary/governmental dichotomy applies in a breach of contact case. Summary found here. In this companion case, the Court held
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City of Edinburg v. GNJ Realty Investments LLC, 13-17-00290-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg August 22, 2017). This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/sewage backup case involving alleged negligent operation of a motor-driven lift pump. The 13th Court
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City of Richardson v Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC, 15-1008 (Tex. February 2, 2018) This case involves a dispute between a city and a utility over who must pay relocation costs to accommodate changes to public rights-of-way. The City of Richardson (“City”)
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City of Edinburg v. Melinda Balli 13-17-00183-CV (Tex.App–, Corpus Christi, November 9, 2017) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed the Plaintiff’s
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City of Arlington v. S.C.,et al. 02-17-00002-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, September 7, 2017) This is an interlocutory appeal involving a jurisdictional challenge in a special defect case. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals, acknowledging the case law is murky, held
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NBL 300 Group Ltd v. Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority 04-17-00264-CV (Tex.App— San Antonio, August 16, 2017) This is an immunity/breach of contract case where the San Antonio Court of Appeals reversed the granting of Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority’s (“GBRA”) plea to the jurisdiction. NBL
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