Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Donna Indep Sch. Dist.. v. Cynthia Castilla, 13-19-00395-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi, August 13, 2020) (mem.op.). In this employment discrimination and retaliation case, the plaintiff brought some claims that occurred outside of the
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Robert Lee Fitzsimmons, Jr. v. Killeen Indep. Sch. Dist., 03-19-00535-CV (Tex. App.—Austin, August 14, 2020). In this governmental immunity case, the Austin Court of Appeals dismissed the case against the School District
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City of Leon Valley v Martinez, 04-19-00879-CV (Tex. App. — San Antonio, August 19, 2020) This is a suit by an ousted city council member to recover his position. The San Antonino Court of Appeals held the exclusive remedy in this situation
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Democratic Schools Research, Inc. d/b/a The Brazos School for Inquiry and Creativity v. Tiffany Rock, 01-19-00512-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.], Aug. 4, 2020). In this employment discrimination case, the Houston First Court
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Josephine Martinez v. Mathis ISD, 13-18-00495-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi, July 30) (mem. op.). In this action for back wages, the Court of Appeals held that the plaintiff did not allege a waiver
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs Carl Frederick Rickert, III v. Kayla S. Meade and City of Bonham, 06-02-00002-CV (Tex. App.—Texarkana, July 30) (mem. op.). In this § 1983 case on an attorney fees award, the Court of
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs City of Austin v. Sayeed Anam, et al., 03-19-00294-CV (Tex. App.—Austin, July 30, 2020) (mem. op.). In this Texas Tort Claims Act, the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s denial of
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs David E Shaw v. City of Dallas, 05-19-01233-CV (Tex. App.—Dallas, July 27, 2020) (mem. op.). In this Texas Tort Claims Act, the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s dismissal of the
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Hyde v Harrison County, 14-18-00628-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], July 30, 2020) Harrison County (the “County”) owns and operates underground storage tanks at its road and bridge department and at its airport. A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the “Commission”)
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City of Houston v. Isabel Mejia, 14-19-00559-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], July 21, 2020) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case involving a motor vehicle accident in which the 14th Court of Appeals affirmed an order denying the
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