Litigation, Official/Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

City employee returning to work from lunch deemed not to be in course and scope of employment says 14th Court of Appeals

  Martin Molina v. City of Pasadena, 14-17-00524-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], August 21, 2018). This is a vehicle accident/Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case where the 14th District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to
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Litigation, Official/Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

Police officer’s need to reach site of 911 call justified actions of entering intersection in course and manner – immunity therefore preserved

  Jason Roche v. City of Austin, 03-17-00727-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 21, 2018). This is a vehicle accident/Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case were the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a dismissal order. Police Officer Nguyen was
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Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

First District Court of Appeals holds evidence that the City could have done more to warn the licensee does not show actual knowledge of a dangerous condition under Texas Tort Claims Act

  The City of Stafford, Texas v. Joe Svadlenak 14-18-00089-CV,  2018 WL 3734021 (Tex. App – Houston [1st Dist.], August 7, 2018) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/premise defect case where the First District Court of Appeals reversed the denial
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Litigation, Official/Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, TTCA

In defamation suit 1st District Court of Appeals holds employees responding to city council questions in open meeting were acting within course and scope of employment for § 101.106(f) purposes

Elias v Griffith, et al, 01-17-00333-CV, 2018 WL 3233587 (Tex. App. – Houston [1st  Dist.], July 3, 2018.) This is a defamation case brought against individual city officials for acts performed within their course and scope of employment.  The First District Court
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Civil Service/Collective Bargaining, Constitutional Challenge, Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Discrimination, Employment Law, Injunction, Retaliation, Sovereign Immunity, Whistleblower

Sheriff’s deputy unable to sue for TCHRA, Whistleblower Act, and collective bargaining claims says Beaumont Court of Appeals

Jefferson County, Texas v. Cherisse Jackson, 09-17-00197-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, July 26, 2018). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in an employment suit where the Beaumont Court of Appeals reversed and dismissed the
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