The City of Houston v Stephon Lamar Davis, 01-13-00600-CV (Tex. App.- Houston[1st Dist.], April 24, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of the City of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction in a police dog bite case under
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Melina Ortiz-Guevara v. City of Houston, 14-13-00384-CV (Tex. App. – Houston, April 22, 2014) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case arising from a vehicle accident, but the case turns on whether or not the City had “actual notice” of its
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The City of Madisonville v. Theresa Murders and Martina Maldonado, 10-13-00234-CV (Tex. App. – Waco, April 17, 2014) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the Plaintiffs brought suit against the City and contractor alleging damages after the City replaced
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City of Midland v. M.T.D. Environmental, L.L.P., 11-13-00117-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, April 17, 2014). This is a governmental immunity in a breach of contract case where the Eastland Court of Appeals held that simply because immunity from suit is waived under
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Mt. Pleasant Independent School District v. Dona K. Elliott, 06-13-00115-CV (Tex. App. – Texarkana, April 17, 2014). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case arising from a bus accident allegedly due to malfunctioning brakes. In this interlocutory appeal the Texarkana Court
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National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation and MBIA Insurance Corporation v. Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, 01-13-00401-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], April 15, 2014). This suit is one I’m not sure can be categorized in
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In Re: Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Health & Hospital System, 05-14-00249-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, April 1, 2014) Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202 allows a party to take pre-suit depositions in order to determine if a case exists or
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Eugene Eldridge and Raymond Perry v. Brazoria County, 01-13-00314-CV (Tex. Ap. – Houston [1st Dist.], March 27, 2014). This is a premise liability case where Eldridge and Perry were involved in an automobile accident on a county-owned road. The trial court
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City of Sachse v. Dan Wood, 05-13-00773-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, March 27, 2014). This is a Whistleblower Act case where the Dallas Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction of the City. Woods was a lieutenant
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Larry M. Gentilello M.D. v. University of Texas Southwestern Health Systems, 05-13-00149-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, March 24, 2014) and Larry M. Gentilello M.D. v. Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkand Hospital 05-13-00150-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, March 24, 2014). This
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