Melina Ortiz-Guevara v. City of Houston, 14-13-00384-CV (Tex. App. – Houston, April 22, 2014) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case arising from a vehicle accident, but the case turns on whether or not the City had “actual notice” of its
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The City of Madisonville v. Theresa Murders and Martina Maldonado, 10-13-00234-CV (Tex. App. – Waco, April 17, 2014) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the Plaintiffs brought suit against the City and contractor alleging damages after the City replaced
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City of Midland v. M.T.D. Environmental, L.L.P., 11-13-00117-CV (Tex. App. – Eastland, April 17, 2014). This is a governmental immunity in a breach of contract case where the Eastland Court of Appeals held that simply because immunity from suit is waived under
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Mt. Pleasant Independent School District v. Dona K. Elliott, 06-13-00115-CV (Tex. App. – Texarkana, April 17, 2014). This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case arising from a bus accident allegedly due to malfunctioning brakes. In this interlocutory appeal the Texarkana Court
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Eugene Eldridge and Raymond Perry v. Brazoria County, 01-13-00314-CV (Tex. Ap. – Houston [1st Dist.], March 27, 2014). This is a premise liability case where Eldridge and Perry were involved in an automobile accident on a county-owned road. The trial court
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Frey v. Donnie Foster, Sheriff of Fannin County, et al., 06-13-00086-CV (Tex. App. – Texarkana, March 14, 2014). This is a slip-and-fall premise defect case brought by an inmate and is governed by Chapter 14 of the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies
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City of Deer Park v. Leonard James Hawkins, 14-13-00695-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], March 11, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a premise defect case, which the 14th Court
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Bobby Oxford v. City of Ballinger, et al., 03-13-00108-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, February 25, 2014). This is an appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction where the Plaintiff alleges the City destroyed his mobile home and stole
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston v. Rakisha Dickerson, 14-13-00232-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], February 20, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction arising under the Texas Tort Claims
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The City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy v. MET Center, 03-11-00662-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, February 6, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a breach of contract dispute involving an electric utility.
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