City of Round Rock and Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge v. Mark Whiteaker

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-07-00009-CV City of Round Rock and Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge, Appellants v. Mark Whiteaker, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 250TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-06-003576, HONORABLE STEPHEN YELENOSKY, JUDGE PRESIDING OPINION This appeal is the latest in the rapidly-evolving jurisprudence addressing, in light of City of Houston v. Williams,1 the extent to which governmental immunity bars suits arising from alleged violations of local government code chapter 143. Mark Whiteaker, a lieutenant in the Round Rock Fire…