City of Pearland v. Juan Contreras 01-15-00345-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], January 28, 2016). This is a premise defect/Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case involving actual knowledge of a dangerous defect in which the First District Court of Appeals reversed
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Cameron County Appraisal District and Frutoso Gomez v. Thora O. Rourk, Et Al. 13-15-00026-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, January 28, 2016). This is primarily a Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act (“UDJA”)/Ultra Vires case but with the underlying claim asserting a tax on
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Beaumont Independent School District v. George W. Thomas Jr. 09-15-00029-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, January 28, 2016). This is a Texas Whistle Blower Act case where the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part the denial of a
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City of San Antonio v. Roxana Tonorio, et al. 04-15-00259-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, January 27, 2016). This is a high-speed chase/Texas Tort Claims Act case, where the 4th Court of Appeals denied a plea to the jurisdiction holding a fact
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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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The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v. Karen Jones 14-15-00266-CV (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.], January 21, 2016) This is a negligent use of tangible personal property case where the 14th District Court of Appeals held that dispensing prescribed
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Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, 14-857 (January 20, 2016) The United States Supreme Court issued this opinion on derivative sovereign immunity for contractors. The United States Navy contracted with Campbell-Ewald Company (“Campbell”) to develop a multimedia recruiting campaign that included the sending of text
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City of Carrollton, Texas v. Milan Hamrla, Petra Chudejova, Michael and Laura Brewer, Dalia Chavarria, Diane and Gene Hines, and Keith Effert, 02-15-00119-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, January 7, 2016). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea
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The City of Beaumont v. Cody Garrett and Cherry Jones Gates, 09-15-00093-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, December 10, 2015). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) defective traffic
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The United Healthcare Choice Plus Plan for City of Austin Employees and The City of Austin v. Charles Lesniak, 03-15-00309-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, December 1, 2015) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction which
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