Axtell v. University of Texas at Austin

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Appellant Luke Axtell sued the University of Texas at Austin (the University) and the University men’s athletic director DeLoss Dodds and former head men’s basketball coach Thomas Penders for negligence and for statutory violations pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Axtell contended that his educational records were faxed from a machine in the men’s basketball office to a local radio station, which then broadcast the information. On appeal, Axtell argues that the trial court erred in granting the University’s plea to the jurisdiction because his…