Rey Garza v. Roxana Regalado Harrison and Joseph Santellana, Individually and as Respresentative of the Estate of Jonathen Anthony Santellana
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
William J, Boyce, Justice ,
■ This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying appellant Rey Garza’s motion to dismiss filed pursuant to-Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 101.106(f). The principal, issue presented is whether Garza, a police officer for a city- in Grimes County, was acting within the scope of his employment when he fatally shot a suspect in Harris County while attempting to arrest him. .Because Garza’s actions outside of his geographic jurisdiction did not constitute the performance of a duty lawfully assigned to him by his employer, we…
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