Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Transportation v. Horrocks
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 19, 1992No. 05-91-01806-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENOCH, Chief Justice.
The Texas Department of Transportation (the State) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Jimmy Lynn Horrocks and his wife, Beatriz Horrocks, (the Horrocks) under the Texas Tort Claims Act. We reverse and render.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On October 19, 1988, Jimmy Horrocks, a police officer, positioned his motorcycle off the roadway behind a guardrail on the median facing west on Interstate 20 in Grand Prairie, Texas, in order to detect speeders with a hand-held radar gun. At approximately 6:00 a.m., Horrocks detected a speeder traveling westbound on Interstate 20. As…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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