Rebecca Schoffstall v. City of Corpus Christi, 13-13-00531-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, August 25, 2014). This is a contractual immunity case involving a community development program. The 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction.
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Harris County, Texas v. Southern County Mutual Insurance Company, 01-13-00870-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], August 26, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a summary judgment with jurisdictional challenges in a Texas Tort Claims Act automobile accident
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Texas Department of Human Services v Okoli, 10-0567 (Tex. August 22, 2014) This is a Texas Whistleblower Case where the court held reporting a violation of law to a supervisor is not a report to an “appropriate law-enforcement authority” which is not
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Richard Bianchi v. The State Of Texas, 13-14-00303-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, August 21, 2014) This is a quo warranto case where the central issue is the interaction between the “resign to run” rule under the Texas Constitution and the constitutional
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Christopher L. Gay and Steven L. Carroll v. The City of Wichita Falls, 08-13-00028-CV (Tex. App. – El Paso, August 13, 2014). This is a contractual immunity case involving the payment of disability benefit premiums for City police officers. The El Paso
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City of San Antonio v. Alamo Aircraft Supply, Inc. et al, 04-14-00057-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, August 13, 2014. At its core, this is a contract dispute involving sovereign immunity where a party sued for breach alleging the ability to enforce
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Stevie Lynn Davis v. Texas Department of Public Safety, 03-13-00199-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 12, 2014). This is a Texas Public Information Act (“PIA”) case and a short one at that. Davis filed a mandamus action to compel DPS to turn
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Appaloosa Development, LP and Lubbock Water Rampage v. City of Lubbock, Texas, 07-13-00290-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, August 11, 2014). This is an inverse condemnation case where the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed a take nothing judgment against the Plaintiffs. Appaloosa is
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Dallas County Hospital District v. Laura Constantino, 05-13-01084-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, August 7, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case where the Dallas Court of
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The University of Texas at Austin v. John Sampson, 03-12-00265-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 8, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of jurisdictional motions in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case. The Austin Court of Appeals reversed
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