Litigation, Procedure, Public Works, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

TxDOT immune from accidentally letting two directions of traffic into the same lane says Beaumont Court of Appeals

Jeanette Hagelskaer v. Texas Department of Transportation 09-15-00279-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, April 21, 2016). This is an appeal from the granting of TxDOT’s plea to the jurisdiction where the Beaumont Court of Appeals modified the judgment but affirmed the granting of the
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Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Litigation, Procedure, Public Works, Sovereign Immunity

Fourth Court holds notice provisions in a contract cannot be addressed in a plea to the jurisdiction since they can be waived.

City of San Antonio v. Casey Industrial, Inc. 04-14-00429-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, January 27, 2016) This is an immunity in contract case where the Fourth Court of Appeals first issued an opinion in July of 2015 upholding the City’s immunity
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Agency, Public Works, Ultra Vires

Replacement easements are not costs “properly attributable to the relocation” of utility easements says 14th Court of Appeals.

Texas Transportation Commission and Ted Houghton, in his official capacity as chair the. Texas Transportation Commission v. City of Jersey Village, 14-14-00823-CV (Tex. App. – Houston, [14th Dist], October 15, 2015) Texas Department of Transportation is widening U.S. Highway 290 to include
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