CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS v. IRENE QUINLAN, 22-0202 (Tex. June 2, 2023) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA) case where the Texas Supreme Court held the City held immunity for a premise defect because the leaseholder to the property was
Read More
Fraley v Texas A&M University System, No. 21-0784, (Tex. March 24, 2023) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the Texas Supreme Court the held the alleged failure to install warning signs and the overall design of the intersection are
Read More
Wesley Rattray, et. al, v. City of Brownsville, 20-0975 (Tex. March 10, 2023) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case regarding property damage arising from the operation or use of motor driven equipment. The Texas Supreme Court reversed the granting
Read More
Gulf Coast Center v Curry, 20-0856 (Tex. December 30, 2022) In this Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case, the Texas Supreme Court held the statutory caps on damages are not only jurisdictional but are the plaintiff’s burden to establish as part of
Read More
City of Houston, Texas v Sheila McGriff, 01-21-00487-CV, (Tex. App – Hou [1st], Dec. 15, 2022) This is a TTCA case involving a vehicular accident with a city owned vehicle. Appellee (“McGriff”) was driving a bus and Appellant’s (“the City”) employee was
Read More
Leonarda Leach v City of Tyler, 21-0606 (Tex. September 16, 2022), per curiam. This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case where the Texas Supreme Court held the Plaintiff provided proper notice of claim to the City in order to
Read More
VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority v. Manuel Flores, No. 04-21-00233-CV (Tex.App.—San Antonio, August 3, 2022) This case stems from a trial court’s denial of VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (“VIA”) plea to the jurisdiction, alleging no waiver of immunity exists for the claims.
Read More
Texas Department of Transportation v Singh, 14-20-00694-CV (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.], August 11, 2022). Singh sued the Texas Department of Transportation for negligence after his vehicle crashed on a roadway TxDOT had recently rebuilt. The new highway surface was very
Read More
City of Houston v Arellano, 14-21-00117-CV (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist], August 11, 2022). This is a vehicle accident/emergency responder case where the 14th Court of Appeals held fact questions exist as to whether the driver was responding to an actual
Read More
City of El Paso v. Maria Pina, No. 08-20-00159-CV (Tex. App. — El Paso, Aug. 8, 2022) This is a premise defect case under the Texas Tort Claims Act where the El Paso Court of Appeals held an automatic gate is not
Read More