The City of Lubbock, Texas v. Coyote Lake Ranch, LLC, 07-14-00006-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, June 17, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the issuance of a temporary injunction which prohibited the City from taking action in furtherance of its proposed
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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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Tommy Adkisson v. Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, 03-12-00535-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, June 13, 2014). This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case where Bexar County Commissioner Adkisson sought to withhold County emails sent to him on his personal email
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S.W., as Next Friend of A.W. v. Arlington Independent School District and Lindsey Foster, 02-13-00280-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, June 12, 2014). This is an appeal from the grant of a plea to the jurisdiction arising from the injuries sustained by
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William Boatman v. City of Garland, 05-13-01232-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, June 12, 2014). This is an appeal from the grant of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case. The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the
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THE CITY OF WATAUGA v. RUSSELL GORDON, 13-0012 (Tex. June 6, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case where the question is whether the improper use of handcuffs during an arrest states a claim for
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DEPUTY COREY ALEXANDER AND SERGEANT JIMMIE COOK v. APRIL WALKER, 11-0606, — S.W.3d. – (Tex. June 6, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal in a Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”) case where the election of remedies to sue an employee and the
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CITY OF HOUSTON v. SHAYN A. PROLER, 12-1006, –S.W.3d — (Tex. June 6, 2014) This is a disability discrimination case where the Court held that a firefighter who refuses to fight fires does not have a “disability” under either state or
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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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Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Morris, David, 05-12-01133-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, May 29, 2014) This is an appeal from a jury award to the Plaintiff for $303,734.32 for injuries sustained while riding a bus driven by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (“DART”).
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