Agency, Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Litigation, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

Texas Supreme Court holds Type B economic development corporations are not entitled to immunity for breach of contract claims

  Rosenberg Development Corp. v. Imperial Performing Arts, Inc., No. 17-0660 (Tex. – March 9, 2019). The Texas Supreme Court holds Type -B EDCs are not entitled to governmental immunity in breach of contract cases. Rosenberg Development Corporation (RDC) is a Type
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Constitutional Challenge, Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Discrimination, Employment Law, Injunction, Litigation, Mandamus, Nuisance, Retaliation, Separation of Powers, Sovereign Immunity, Takings, TTCA, Whistleblower

December 2018 Condensed Summaries

The problem with December is courts try to get cases off their desk prior to the holiday break. Clients like to get stuff resolved before the holiday break. Which means a lot of stuff happens in December preventing me from keeping up
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Litigation, Official/Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

14th Court of Appeals held Authority was not immune from claim of accidental shooting simply because it asserted the officer did not possess the the discharging weapon

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas v. Terry Smith 14-17-00807-CV (Tex, App. – Houston, [14th Dist.] Dec. 11, 2018) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act/negligent use of
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