Elias v Griffith, et al, 01-17-00333-CV, 2018 WL 3233587 (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], July 3, 2018.) This is a defamation case brought against individual city officials for acts performed within their course and scope of employment. The First District Court
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Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. v. Texas Department of Transportation, 05-17-01245-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, July 20, 2018). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/vehicle accident case where the Dallas Court of Appeals reversed an order dismissing the third-party claims against
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VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority v. Shantinia Reynolds, 04-18-00083-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, July 18, 2018) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/vehicle accident case where the San
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Texas A&M University v. Kevin Taylor, et. al, 10-17-00288-CV (Tex. App. – Waco, July 3, 2018) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of Texas A&M University’s plea to the jurisdiction where the Waco Court of Appeals reversed the denial. The
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City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy v. Maria Del Rosario, 03-18-00107-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 3, 2018) Jaime Membreno died in 2009 when he came in contact with one of the City’s overhead power lines while working on a construction job
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San Antonio Independent School District v. Maria Hale, et al. 04-18-00102-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, June 27, 2018) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/bus accident case were the San Antonio Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the
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City of Weslaco v. Raquel Trejo and Roberto Trejo, 13-18-00024-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, June 21, 2018) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the
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City of Dallas v Duressa, 05-17-01238-CV (Tex. App. — Dallas, June 13, 2018) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/ambulance accident case where the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. Duressa was
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City of Edinburg v. GNJ Realty Investments LLC, 13-17-00290-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg August 22, 2017). This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”)/sewage backup case involving alleged negligent operation of a motor-driven lift pump. The 13th Court
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City of Fort Worth, Texas v. Mary Deal, 02-17-00413-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, May 31, 2018). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case were the Fort Worth Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the City’s plea to the
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