GLF Construction Corp. v. LAN/STV

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

GLF Construction Corporation (“GLF”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment on GLF’s tort claims against LAN/STV, a joint venture of Lockwood, Andrews & Newman, Inc. and STV Incorporated. 1 Our focus on appeal is whether that dismissal was premised on a correct interpretation of Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6550d (Vernon Supp.2004-2005), a provision defining the scope of derivative sovereign immunity for independent contractors performing the functions of government entities.

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LAN/STV entered into a contract (the “Engineering Contract”) with…