Rivas v. City of Houston

SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON SECOND MOTION FOR REHEARING

LESLIE BROCK YATES, Justice.

Appellants’ second motion for rehearing is overruled. This supplemental opinion is issued to address errors of law and fact found in the dissenting opinion to the court’s decision to overrule that motion.

The relevant facts and background information are set out in the panel opinion issued in the above-referenced case on March 2, 2000, and will not be repeated here. It is significant for these purposes to note that the issues in this case concern whether Joel Calfee, a paramedic for the City of Houston Fire…