Freer Volunteer Fire Department v. April Wallace, Individually and Next Friend of Gabriella Wallace, 04-16-00373-CV (Tex. App— San Antonio, October 5,2016) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the involving a volunteer fire department and whether an individual is a
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CONNIE ROGGE, et al v. THE CITY OF RICHMOND, TEXAS, 01-14-00866-CV ( Tex. App— Houston [ 1st Dist.] September 29,2016) This is a jail/suicide case under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting
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Texas Department of Public Safety v. Anisty Mirasol, 03-15-00300-CV (Tex.App— Austin, September 29,2016) The Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) appeals from the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction in a vehicle collision case with a DPS officer under
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City of Floresville, et al. v. Starnes Investment Group, LLC, 04-16-00038 (Tex.App— San Antonio, September 28,2016) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a case where a city employee mistakenly informed a property developer
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Joseph Gonzalez v. Bandera County, 04-16-00142-CV ( Tex. App— San Antonio, September 21, 2016) This is an appeal from the granting of the County’s plea to the jurisdiction based on a single vehicle accident. The San Antonio Court of Appeals affirmed
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City of Rio Grande City, Texas, and Joel Villarreal, Herman R. Garza III, Arcadio J. Salinas III, Rey Ramirez, and Dave Jones in their Official Capacities v. BFI Waste Services of Texas, LP d/b/a Allied Waste Services of Rio Grande Valley,04-15-00729-CV (Tex.
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CITY OF SOCORRO, Texas v. SAMUEL CAMPOS, et al, 08-14-00295-CV (Tex.App— El Paso, September 14,2016) This is a takings/flooding case where the El Paso Court of Appeals held the Plaintiffs properly pled a takings case. The residents contend that the City
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Norma Torres v. City of Corpus Christi, 13-14-00506-CV (Tex.App— Corpus Christi, September 1, 2016) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case involving a car accident with a police officer. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s
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Loyd Landon Sorrow v. Harris County, Et Al, 14-15-00571-CV (Tex. App— Houston [14th Dist.], August 23,2016) Sorrow was a pretrial detainee housed in the Harris County Jail. Sorrow asserts that during pre-trial detention he received medical treatment that included anti-psychotics and narcotics.
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The City of Laredo v. Northtown Development, Inc. and Gateway Centennial Development, Co., 04-15-00736-CV (Tex. App—San Antonio, August 10,2016) This is a takings case based on an alleged reverter in public property where the Fourth Court of Appeals reversed the denial of
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