Legal Opinion
Ramos v. Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided November 30, 2000No. 01-98-01431-CVPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAM NUCHIA, Justice.
In this wrongful death case, plaintiffs and intervenors (collectively “appellants”) bring an appeal from an order granting a plea to the jurisdiction in favor of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and from a summary judgment rendered in favor of Officer Willie Kent. We affirm.
I. Case Background
On May 15, 1996, Silvia Irachete took Aurora Cano to the DPS’s West Orem Street office in Houston so that Cano could take a road test to obtain a driver’s license. Accompanying Irachete and Cano to the DPS building were six children-five-year-old David Ramos and…
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