Harris County – Houston Sports Authority v Chilei, NO. 14-12-00380-CV (Tex. App. Houston [14 Dist.] April 25, 2012) Chilei sued Harris County – Houston Sports Authority (“HSA”) for negligence under the Texas Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained while performing electrical work
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Texas Department of Transportation, v Cash, NO. 09-12-00463-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, April 18, 2013). This is a slip and fall case where the Court of Appeals reversed the denial of TxDOT’s Plea to the Jurisdiction. Cash fell allegedly due to a
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Odutayo d/b/a Samaritan Park and Ride v City of Houston NO. 01-12-00132-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist] April 18, 2013). Odutayo leases parking spaces and golf carts to customers attending Reliant Stadium. In 2011 a golf cart driver was ticketed citing
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Franks v Zwicke, No. 04-12-00529-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 17, 2013) Franks is a pro se inmate who alleges deputies intentionally knocked out four of his teeth during his arrest for breaking into a county facility. The deputies filed a
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Wight Realty Interests v City of Friendswood, NO. 01-11-01075-CV (Tex. Civ. App. – Houston [1st Dist], April 4, 2013) This is a breach of contract claim where the court of appeals determined the City waived its immunity. The City and Wight entered
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City of Dallas v EZ Pawn, No. 05-12-01269-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Dallas April 2, 2013). The Fifth District Court of Appeals held the City of Dallas retains sovereign immunity under the Texas Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act when a plaintiff is merely
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department v Ruiz, No. 13-11-00789-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Corpus Christi, March 21, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising out of an automobile accident. This case is applying
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City of Houston v Cogburn, NO. 01-11-00318-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Houston [1st dist.] March 19, 2013). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising out of a premise/special defect case. The Plaintiff, Cogburn, parked
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1st Court of Appeals holds “actual knowledge” of a dangerous condition is required for beach deaths.
City of Texas City v Suarez, NO. 01-12-00848-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Galveston, March 7, 2013). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/ Recreational Use Statute (“RUS”) interlocutory appeal case where the Court of Appeals determined the City retained immunity for
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Redburn v City of Victoria, 13-12-00215-CV, (Tex. Civ. App. – Corpus Christi, February 28, 2013). Redburn purchased two tracts of property in 2004, one of which had a pre-existing concrete culvert which has been part of the City’s Storm Sewer System. After
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