Legal Opinion
the City of Watauga v. Russell Gordon
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 2014No. 13-0012PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Devine
The Texas Tort Claims Act waives governmental immunity for, among other things, personal injuries allegedly caused by the negligent use of property. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code § 101.021. The Act does not waive immunity when the claim arises out of an intentional tort, however. Id. § 101.057(2). The question in this interlocutory appeal is whether an arrestee’s lawsuit against a city for injuries, acciden tally caused by a police officer’s use of handcuffs, states a battery or negligence claim. The court of appeals concluded that the underlying claim was for negligence and therefore affirmed…
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