AG’s policy obligating division head to report crimes to Special Investigation Division makes them “appropriate law enforcement authorities” under Whistleblower Act

Office of The Attorney General v. Ginger Weatherspoon, 05-13-00632-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, June 16, 2014). This is a Texas Whistleblower Act case in which the trial court denied the plea to the jurisdiction filed by the Texas Attorney General (“AG”) and
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Fact question on whether trooper slowed before intersection precluded plea to the jurisdiction says El Paso Court of Appeals

Texas Department of Public Safety v. Merardo Bonilla, 08-13-00117-CV (Tex. App. – El Paso, May 30, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in vehicle accident case under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”).
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