Gobel v. City of Houston

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for damage sustained in a collision, which happened while appellants’ vehicle was stopped at a traffic control signal. A judgment for the appellees was entered on the verdict of a jury, after the court instructed for the City on the basis of governmental immunity. This accident happened prior to the effective date of the Texas Torts Claim Act.

John R. Gobel, his wife, and child were stopped for a traffic light on Montrose Boulevard in Houston, Texas, when their vehicle was struck from the rear by a vehicle owned by the City of Houston and driven by Lloyd Louis…