Legal Opinion
America Tirado v. the City of El Paso
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided January 11, 2012No. 08-10-00334-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice.
This is an accelerated interlocutory appeal from a trial court order granting the City of El Paso’s plea to the jurisdiction. The suit arises out of a June 2008 car accident between Michael Joseph Lynch and Hilda Muniz Morales. The accident occurred when Muniz failed to observe a stop sign allegedly obscured by palm tree fronds. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
The car accident between Lynch and Muniz occurred at the intersection of North Campbell Street and Cincinnati Avenue. Campbell runs north and south while…
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