City of Houston v. Frank Nicolai, 01-16-00184-CV, (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], August 24, 2017) This is an interlocutory appeal where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction in this wrongful death
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Smith v. District Attorney’s Office for Smith County, et al. 03-16-00828-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 23, 2017) This is an inmate declaratory judgment case relating to the inmate’s conviction in which the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the
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City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Firefighters’ Association, Local 624, 04-15-00819-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, August 23, 2017). This is a permissive appeal, which was allowed by the court, where the City requested the Court of Appeals review the
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City of San Antonio v. Britnee Amber Reyes and Stephanie Aguirre, 04-16-00748-CV (Tex.App. – San Antonio, August 23, 2017). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act vehicle accident case where the San Antonio Court of Appeals held the City was immune. San
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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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Lois Morgan v. City of Terrell, Texas 05-16-00554-CV (Tex. App— Dallas, August 15, 2017) This is a premise liability/negligent policy implementation case where the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. Morgan sued the City
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University of North Texas Health Science Center v. Jessica Jimenez, Jennifer Galo, Catherine Frank, in Their Individual Capacities, and William Tyler II, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Pamela J. Knight, Deceased, 02-16-00368-CV (Tex.App— Fort Worth, August 3, 2017) In this
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San Antonio River Authority v. Austin Bridge & Road, L.P. and Hayward Baker Inc. 04-16-00535-CV ( Tex.App— San Antonio, August 9, 2017) This is an interesting case where the issue of sovereign immunity impacts whether an entity is a “party’ to a
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Green Valley Special Utility District v. City of Cibolo, TX, No. 16-5182 ( 5th Cir. August 2,2017) In this case the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held the Green Valley Special Utility District (“Green Valley”) is entitled to go forward
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Slvester Turner, in his official capacity as mayor of the City of Houston, and the City of Houston v. Carroll G. Robinson, Bruce R. Hotze and Jefferey N. Daily, No.14-16-00393-CV ( Houston [ 14th Dist.] August 17, 2017) The Fourteenth Court of
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