Darla Lackey v. Lone Star College System, 09-15-003999-CV (Tex. App— Beaumont, October 20, 2016) This is an employment discrimination case where the Beaumont Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the College’s plea to the jurisdiction. Lackey is a forty-three-year-old Caucasian female
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Rebekha Montie v. Bastrop County,03-16-00123(Tex. App— Austin, October 19, 2016) This is a Texas Whistleblower Act case where the Austin Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the County’s plea to the jurisdiction and remanded the case for trial. Rebekha Montie was
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Bay City, Texas v. Wade McFarland, 13-15-00122-CV (Tex. App— Corpus Christi, October 13,2016) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case involving an automobile accident where the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction.
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In Re: Texas Health Resources, 05-16-01135-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, October 12, 2016) This is a mandamus matter and helpful to any litigators who have had difficulty getting a judge to rule on a dispositive motion. Texas Health Resources (“THR”) was sued
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Freer Volunteer Fire Department v. April Wallace, Individually and Next Friend of Gabriella Wallace, 04-16-00373-CV (Tex. App— San Antonio, October 5,2016) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the involving a volunteer fire department and whether an individual is a
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Integrity Collision Center v. City of Fulshear, No. 15-20560 ( 5th Cir. September 20,2016) This is an injunction case where a tow-truck company sued to compel the City to include it in the City’s non-consent tow list. The U.S. Court of Appeals
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CONNIE ROGGE, et al v. THE CITY OF RICHMOND, TEXAS, 01-14-00866-CV ( Tex. App— Houston [ 1st Dist.] September 29,2016) This is a jail/suicide case under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) where the First District Court of Appeals affirmed the granting
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Texas Department of Public Safety v. Anisty Mirasol, 03-15-00300-CV (Tex.App— Austin, September 29,2016) The Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) appeals from the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction in a vehicle collision case with a DPS officer under
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Irene Saldivar v. City of San Benito, Texas, 13-15-00387-CV( Tex. App— Corpus Christi , September 29,2016) This is a Whistleblower Act case were the Thirteenth Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of the City employer’s summary judgment motion. Saldivar was a Communications
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In Re: City of Dallas, 15-0794 (Tex. September 30, 2016) This is a mandamus matter in relation to an underlying tortious interference claim between various cities and the county. In the Waco Court of Appeals opinion, summary found here, the court found
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