Texas Supreme Court holds immunity is waived for deputy’s re-positioning of patrol vehicle causing lights to hit oncoming traffic

RYDER INTEGRATED LOGISTICS, INC. v. FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS, 13-0968 (Tex. February 6, 2015) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case involving a motor vehicle collision of two eighteen-wheelers and involves the interpretation of Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §101.021(1)(a)(i.e.
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Texas Supreme Court says Tort Claims Act dismissal does not affect amended pleadings which add sec. 1983 claims

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES V. WATSON, et al. 12-0830 (Tex. January 9, 2015) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the Texas Supreme Court holds that while individual employees are entitled to dismissal for tort claims, they
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Cursory investigation does not equate to awareness of fault and mailbox rule does not apply to TTCA notice provision says 13th Court of Appeals

Texas Department of State Health Services v. Laura Gonzalez, 13-14-00259-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, December 18, 2014) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) motor vehicle accident case where the Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed the denial of a plea
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Deputy’s detailed analysis of the need to drive a high rate of speed equated to his entitlement to official immunity

Harris County, Texas v. Southern County Mutual Insurance Company, 01-13-00870-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], August 26, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a summary judgment with jurisdictional challenges in a Texas Tort Claims Act automobile accident
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