Legal Opinion
City of Garland v. Rivera
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided October 11, 2004No. 05-04-00516-CVPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By Justice RICHTER.
This case involves a governmental unit’s plea to the jurisdiction. The City of Garland was sued by appellee Rivera for the death of her father stemming from his resistance to an arrest by city police officers. The city filed a plea to the jurisdiction based upon sovereign immunity and lack of standing, which the trial court denied.
In this interlocutory appeal, the city seeks reversal based upon three issues. First, the city urges the facts alleged point to intentional, rather then negligent, conduct, and thus, the Texas Tort Claims Act’s limited waiver of…
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