City of League City v. Christobelle LeBlanc et al, 01-14-00720-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], May 7, 2015). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) premise defect case in which the First District Court of Appeals reversed the denial of
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City of New Braunfels et al v. Joseph Tovar, 03-14-00693-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, May 7, 2015) This is a Civil Service Act interlocutory appeal where the trial court affirmed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction arising out of
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Williams, et al v. The City of Baytown, 01-14-00569-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], May 5, 2015) This is a police chase case where a shoplifter fleeing from police collided with a stopped car, killing one occupant and injuring another. Two
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Arlean Green v. City of Houston, 01-14-00808-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] April 30, 2015) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) slip and fall case where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a plea to
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Donald Armstrong, 05-14-00779-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, April 15, 2015). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) notice case where the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in this
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Austin Independent School District v. Andrew Lofters, 03-14-00071-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, April 1, 2015) In this race discrimination/retaliation case the Third Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the a plea to the jurisdiction for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Lofters,
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON v. SANDRA WILLIAMS AND STEVE WILLIAMS, 13-0338 (Tex. March 20, 2015) This is a recreational use statute case where the question is whether the statute’s recreational-activity list reasonably includes a spectator at a competitive-sports event. See TEX.CIV.
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Western Oilfields Supply Company D/B/A Rain for Rent v. City of Anahuac, 01-14-00468-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] March 10, 2015). This is a breach of contract case where the Houston Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the Plaintiff’s claims
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Charles N. Draper v. Greg Guernsey, in his Capacity as Director of Planning and Development Watershed Protection Review Department; and City of Austin, 03-14-00265-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, February 25, 2015). This is a land-use dispute but the opinion focuses on the
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RYDER INTEGRATED LOGISTICS, INC. v. FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS, 13-0968 (Tex. February 6, 2015) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case involving a motor vehicle collision of two eighteen-wheelers and involves the interpretation of Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §101.021(1)(a)(i.e.
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