Legal Opinion
DeWitt v. Harris County
Texas Supreme Court
Decided September 14, 1995No. 94-0782PublishedCited by 361 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
On Application FOR Writ of ERROR to the Court of Appeals FOR the Fourteenth District of Texas
2Opinion of the Court · EnochJustice Enoch
in which Justices GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER, HECHT and OWEN join.
The issue in this case is whether a governmental entity may have respondeat superior liability under section 101.021(2) of the Texas Tort Claims Act for the negligence of its employee when the employee possesses official immunity. We answer this question in the negative and affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.
In August 1982, Officer J.W. Huckeba, a deputy constable for Harris County, was working as a private security guard for a…
3Cases cited12 opinions
- City of Lancaster v. ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- University of Texas Medical Branch v. YorkTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Kassen v. HatleyTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- City of Houston v. KilburnTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- K.D.F. v. RexTexas Supreme Court · 1994
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
4Cited by361 opinions
- Joe v. Two Thirty Nine Joint VentureTexas Supreme Court · 2004
- Texas Department of Transportation v. AbleTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Franka v. VelasquezTexas Supreme Court · 2011
- Wadewitz v. MontgomeryTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. SampsonTexas Supreme Court · 1998
356 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.