John Flowers v. City of Diboll, et al, NO. 12-12-00107-CV (Tex. App – Tyler, March 22, 2013). This case involves governmental and qualified immunity of the City and a police officer arising out of an arrest of Flowers. Flowers did not get
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Southwestern Bell Telephone, D/B/A AT&T Texas v City of Houston et al, NO. 14-11-01115-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. Houston [14th Dist.] May 9, 2013). This is a dispute on who must bear the cost of relocating AT&T’s telecommunication lines in the public right-of-way over
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Holmes v Southern Methodist University, No. 05-11-01178-CV (Tex. App. Dallas May 1, 2013). The moral to this story is if you are making an argument a plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies, you had better make sure to attach evidence and statutory/policy
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RBII,L.P. v City of San Antonio, No. 11–50626 (5th Cir. April 23, 2013). This is a structural standards case where the City of San Antonio demolished a substandard building but failed to provide notice within a specified time period. Due to the
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City of Beaumont v Beaumont Professional Firefighters Local 399, NO. 14-12-00059-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] April 30, 2013) This is related to an appeal from a hearing examiner’s award in which the trial court determined it did not have jurisdiction
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Raj v Louisiana State University, et al, No. 12-30225, (5th Cir. April 19, 2013). Rai was a professor of biochemistry and obstetrics and gynecology at Louisiana State University (“LSU”) and brought claims for discrimination based on his race, religion, national origin, age,
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Harris County – Houston Sports Authority v Chilei, NO. 14-12-00380-CV (Tex. App. Houston [14 Dist.] April 25, 2012) Chilei sued Harris County – Houston Sports Authority (“HSA”) for negligence under the Texas Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained while performing electrical work
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Texas Department of Transportation, v Cash, NO. 09-12-00463-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, April 18, 2013). This is a slip and fall case where the Court of Appeals reversed the denial of TxDOT’s Plea to the Jurisdiction. Cash fell allegedly due to a
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Franks v Zwicke, No. 04-12-00529-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 17, 2013) Franks is a pro se inmate who alleges deputies intentionally knocked out four of his teeth during his arrest for breaking into a county facility. The deputies filed a
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Gutierrez v B&B Landfill, NO. 10-12-00219-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Waco, April 4, 2013). This is an employment discrimination lawsuit where the Tenth District Court of Appeals held the Plaintiff failed to timely file his petition after receiving his right-to-sue letter. The
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