Legal Opinion
Petta v. Rivera
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided February 25, 1999No. 13-97-661-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORSEY, Justice.
This is an appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment. Melinda Petta sued appel-lees, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and one of its officers, Adrian Rivera, for personal injuries she allegedly received following a traffic stop and an ensuing high-speed chase. The trial court granted summary judgment for appellees. By seven points of error Petta asserts that appellees did not conclusively establish their entitlement to summary judgment. We reverse and remand.
A number of facts are strenuously disputed. However, as this is a summary judgment, we take the…
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