State v. Norris

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a suit brought under Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann. art. 6252-19 (Supp.1976), commonly called the Texas Tort Claims Act. Lila Faye Norris filed suit against the State of Texas, the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and the State Commission for Highways and Public Transportation to recover damages for personal injuries which she sustained in an automobile accident on January 23, 1974, which allegedly occurred because a traffic signal light at an intersection in Bay City, Texas, was malfunctioning. Trial was to a jury. All issues were answered…