City plea was not a challenge to jurisdiction but an argument on merits so it should have been denied holds Amarillo Court of Appeals

Richard Zambrana v. City of Amarillo, 07-13-00058-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, October 8, 2014) This is a civil service case regarding a firefighter where the Amarillo Court of Appeals reversed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction and sent the case
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Owner of demolished condo cannot piggyback on other owners’ attempts to appeal in order to obtain standing says Houston Court of Appeals

Lee Ann Wheelbarger v. City of El Lago and Richard Smith, 01-13-00704-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], September 18, 2014), Wheelbarger owned a condominium (built in 1970s) in a complex called the Landing which was severely damaged by Hurricane Ike in
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Deputy’s detailed analysis of the need to drive a high rate of speed equated to his entitlement to official immunity

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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