Texas Department of Transportation v Singh, 14-20-00694-CV (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.], August 11, 2022). Singh sued the Texas Department of Transportation for negligence after his vehicle crashed on a roadway TxDOT had recently rebuilt. The new highway surface was very
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City of Houston v Arellano, 14-21-00117-CV (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist], August 11, 2022). This is a vehicle accident/emergency responder case where the 14th Court of Appeals held fact questions exist as to whether the driver was responding to an actual
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City of El Paso v. Maria Pina, No. 08-20-00159-CV (Tex. App. — El Paso, Aug. 8, 2022) This is a premise defect case under the Texas Tort Claims Act where the El Paso Court of Appeals held an automatic gate is not
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Waller County, Texas, et al. v. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General (Tex. App. — Amarillo, August 17, 2022) Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, sued Waller County in 2016 asserting that the County was unlawfully attempting to prohibit licensed handgun owners carrying
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Fanny Bellorin, Individually and on Behalf of and as Next of Friend of Derlin Hernandez v. City of San Antonio, No. 04-22-00003-CV, (Tex.App.—San Antonio July 13, 2022) (mem. op.) This case stems from an appeal of the City of San Antonio’s (“COSA”)
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs City of Cleveland v. Macie Martin LaFrance and Penny Martin, 09-20-00189-CV, (Tex. App – Beaumont, June 9, 2022) (mem. op.). In this appeal from a trial court’s denial of the city’s
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Special contributing author Laura Mueller, City Attorney for Dripping Springs City of Raymondville v. Isabel Elizondo, Noe Espinoza Jr., Roxanne Franco, and Antonio Espinoza, 13-21-00375-CV, (Tex. App – Corpus Christi – Edinburg, May 26, 2022) (mem. op.). In this appeal from
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Josh Schroeder, et al. V Escalera Ranch Owners’ Association, Inc., No. 20-0855 (Tex. June 3, 2022) In this case, the Texas Supreme Court held individuals on the planning and zoning commission were entitled to immunity from ultra vires claims brought by third
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City of Baytown v Alan Schrock, 20-0309 (Tex. May 13, 2022) In this takings case, the Texas Supreme Court held the City of Bayton (City) did not commit a taking by withholding utility service in order to collect unpaid utility bills.
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Builder Recovery Services, LLC v. The Town of Westlake, Texas, 21-0173, (Tex, May 20, 2022) In this case, the Texas Supreme Court held that general law cities have limited authority to impose license fees for solid waste collections. The Town
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