This is a premise defect case under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) in which the First District Court of Appeals held the City failed to address invitee status vs licensee status in its plea to the jurisdiction. The City of Houston
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City of Houston v Manning, et al. 24-0428 (Tex. May 23, 2025) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) case where the Texas Supreme Court held the Act waives immunity for negligence per se claims. The Houston Fire Department received
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City of Killeen v Aamir Terry, et al., 22-0186 (Tex. April 25, 2025) In this Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) case, the Texas Supreme Court held the emergency responder exception does not immediately apply the recklessness standard. Plaintiff Terry sued the City
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City of Houston v. Mary Johnson, 01-23-00938-CV, (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.], April 8, 2025) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) claim where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. The
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Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales v. Harris County Sheriff’s Civil Service Commission, et al., 01-23-00411-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist], April 8, 2025) In this civil service appeal, the First District Court of Appeals held the Sheriff’s department’s claims under the
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REME, L.L.C., A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, 23-0707 (Tex. February 21, 2025) This is a condemnation case where the Texas Supreme Court held that in such proceedings, an appeal from the commissioner’s court to district court includes
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Brian F. Wilson v. City of Houston, 14-22-00666-CV (Tex.App. — Hous [14th Dist.], Oct. 10, 2023) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act/Emergency Responder case where the Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s dispositive motions. Wilson
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Gregory Maliere v City of Buffalo, Texas, et al, No. 10-22-00391-CV (Tex. App. — Waco, September 28, 2023) This is essentially an employment dispute where the City terminated a police officer. The officer sued for ultra-vires actions asserting only the chief of
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Michael Scott Nix v. City of Beaumont, Texas, 09-22-00042-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, July 27, 2023) In this civil service lawsuit, the Beaumont court of appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. Plaintiff Nix, a City of Beaumont
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Trisa Crutcher (Trisa St. Clair) v City of Forth Worth, No. 05-22-00650-CV (Tex. App-Dallas, May 15,2023) In this case the Dallas Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the city’s plea to the jurisdiction under the Plaintiff’s Whistleblower cause of action. Trisa
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