Legal Opinion
City of Mission v. Cantu
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided November 21, 2002No. 13-01-00786-CVPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by Justice CASTILLO.
The City of Mission presents an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. 2 In two issues, the City argues that the trial court improperly denied its plea to the jurisdiction because the Texas Tort Claims Act does not waive sovereign immunity for a municipality’s allegedly negligent design of a city road. We reverse and render.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Veronica Garza Cantu and several Mends were traveling south on Glasscock Road, a two-lane road. In front of the County Estates subdivision, the road widens from forty to sixty feet in width.…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control BoardTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- Bland Independent School District v. BlueTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- Mayhew v. Town of SunnyvaleTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- County of Cameron v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 2002
- Texas Department of Transportation v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1999
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Bexar Metropolitan Water District v. City of Bulverde, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
- Donaldson v. Covington CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- City of Alton v. Sharyland Water Supply Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
- Harris County v. Estate of Ciccia, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
- Brazoria County v. Van Gelder, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
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