Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas v. John Carter, 14-19-00422-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], January 14, 2021) This is an employment dispute where the 14th Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction filed by
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Caryn Suzann Cain v. City of Conroe, Tex., et al., 09-19-00246-CV, 2020 WL 6929401 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Nov. 25, 2020) This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order granting the City’s motion to dismiss, plea to the jurisdiction, and traditional motion
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Joseph O. Lopez v. The City of El Paso, 08-19-00123-CV (Tex. App.—El Paso Dec. 9, 2020) This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order granting the City’s plea to the jurisdiction in which the El Paso Court of Appeals affirmed.
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Metro. Transit Auth. of Harris County v. Tracey Carr, No. 14-19-00158-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th] January 12, 2021) (mem. op.). In this appeal from a trial court’s order denying the city’s plea to
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs City of Cleburne v. RT General, LLC, No. 10-20-00037-CV (Tex. App.—Waco December 16, 2020) (mem. op.). This is an interlocutory appeal from a trial court denial of the city’s plea to
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs James Garms v. Comanche County, No. 11-19-00015-CV (Tex. App.—Eastland December 18, 2020) (mem. op.). In this appeal from a trial court’s judgment granting the city’s plea to the jurisdiction on a
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City of Magnolia v Magnolia Bible Church, et al., 03-19-00631-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, Dec. 18, 2020) This is an interlocutory appeal from an order granting a new trial and denying a plea to the jurisdiction in a water rate case in
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Samer Shobassy v. City of Port Arthur, No. 09-18-00363-CV (Tex. App.—Port Arthur November 19, 2020) (mem. op.). In this appeal from a trial court’s judgment dismissing the plaintiff’s retaliation-in-employment case. The Beaumont
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Texas Dept. of Pub. Safety v. Kendziora, 09-19-00432-CV (Tex.App.—Beaumont, Nov. 5, 2020) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of Texas DPS’s plea to the jurisdiction in a case involving a car accident while a DPS trooper (“Chapman”) was responding to
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Raul Gonzales v. City of Farmers Branch, No. 06-20-00054-CV (Tex.App.—Texarkana November 5, 2020) (mem. op.). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/vehicle accident case where the Texarkana Court of Appeals
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