Legal Opinion
Pitts v. WINKLER COUNTY
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided September 21, 2011No. 08-09-00297-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Chief Justice.
This appeal arises from a car accident involving James Pitts and Charley Will-helm in Winkler County, Texas. The accident occurred at the intersection of State Highway 115 and County Road 201. Pitts was driving south on the state highway as Willhelm was driving east on the county road. Willhelm’s car failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into Pitts’s car. Pitts sued Winkler County under the Texas Tort Claims Act (TTCA), alleging that Willhelm failed to stop because the county road had a large oil spill that the County covered with dirt, making…
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