Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc. v. Fayette County, Texas

This sovereign-immunity dispute relates to the deadly collision of two eighteen-wheeled commercial trucks. Petitioner Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc., alleges the collision was caused by a Fayette County deputy sheriff and seeks redress pursuant to section 101.021 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code. The section provides a waiver of governmental immunity when an injury “arises from the operation or use” of a vehicle by a government employee. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.021(1)(A). Fayette County maintains that the alleged harm did not arise from a government employee’s vehicle use,…