David Dewhurst et al v. AgendaWise, Inc., 03-14-00146-CV, (Tex. App. – Austin, November 25, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction where a news agency sued members of the Texas Senate for access to
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BILLY EDWARD DAMUTH, II v. TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, et al., 13-0815(Tex. November 21, 2014)(Per Curiam.) This is a contractual immunity case involving an employment contract with the head women’s basketball coach of the school in which the Texas Supreme Court holds
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CITY OF ALAMO, TEXAS AND ALAMO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. HERIBERTO OSUNA, 13-13-00317-CV, (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, November 20, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a breach of contract case for
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Texas Department of Public Safety v. Raquel Guzman 13-13-00590-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi November 13, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal in a premise defect case where the trial court denied the DPS plea to the jurisdiction and the Corpus Christi
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Uvalde County Hospital Authority v. Estela R. Garcia, 04-13-00893-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, November 12, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act case involving the death of a patient in which the trial court denied the
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ROLANDO BENAVIDEZ v. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – PAN AMERICAN, 13-13-00006-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, October 30, 2014). This is an appeal from the trial court granting a plea to the jurisdiction for UPTA in a Texas Tort Claims Act case
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Tabitha Henry, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Kylie Lampson and as Next of Friend of A.H., Z.H. and H.H. v. The City of Angleton 01-13-00976-CV (Tex. App.- Houston, [1st District] October 28, 2014) This is an appeal from the
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Different opinions have come out of the various courts of appeal dealing with whether the proprietary/governmental dichotomy exists in contracts after the legislature enacted the waiver provision under Chapter 271 of the Texas Local Government Code. For those of you who are
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San Antonio Water System v. Beatriz Smith, 04-13-00898-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, September 24, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal in a premise liability case under the Texas Tort Claims Act. The Fourth Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the
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Rebecca Schoffstall v. City of Corpus Christi, 13-13-00531-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, August 25, 2014). This is a contractual immunity case involving a community development program. The 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction.
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