Marcus A. Tavira v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice 07-14-00046-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, February 24, 2016). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where an inmate was injured by a lift machine when performing acts as part of the prison’s
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Jefferson County, Texas v. Noryour Akins 09-14-00017-CV (Tex. App. – Beaumont, February 25, 2016) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act slip and fall case in a county jail. The jury awarded Akin damages and Beaumont Court of Appeals affirmed. Akins, a
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Texas Department of Transportation v. Paul Kirk, 11-15-00105-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, February 11, 2016). Kirk sued TxDOT after he lost consciousness while driving and hit a guardrail. Kirk alleged that the guardrail end terminal that he hit was an “ET-Plus” design.
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Hidalgo County, Texas v. Michael Calvillo, et al., 13-15-00261-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, February 11, 2016). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case involving a vehicle collision with a Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Deputy in which the 13th Court of
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The University of Texas at Austin v. William A. Bellinghausen, Jr. 03-14-00749-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, February 3, 2016) This is an interlocutory appeal in a premise defect case where the Austin Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a plea to
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John Williams v. DART Transit, 05-14-01303-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, February 1, 2016) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act/premise defect case where the Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of DART’s plea to the jurisdiction. Williams was a passenger on
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City of Pearland v. Juan Contreras 01-15-00345-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], January 28, 2016). This is a premise defect/Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case involving actual knowledge of a dangerous defect in which the First District Court of Appeals reversed
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City of San Antonio v. Roxana Tonorio, et al. 04-15-00259-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, January 27, 2016). This is a high-speed chase/Texas Tort Claims Act case, where the 4th Court of Appeals denied a plea to the jurisdiction holding a fact
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The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center v. Karen Jones 14-15-00266-CV (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.], January 21, 2016) This is a negligent use of tangible personal property case where the 14th District Court of Appeals held that dispensing prescribed
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City of Carrollton, Texas v. Milan Hamrla, Petra Chudejova, Michael and Laura Brewer, Dalia Chavarria, Diane and Gene Hines, and Keith Effert, 02-15-00119-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, January 7, 2016). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea
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