Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Johnson
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided August 16, 2011No. 14-10-01098-CVPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.
After her husband Rodney Johnson was shot and killed in the line of duty as a Houston police officer, Joslyn Johnson sued the City of Houston. She alleged that the City was grossly negligent in that it failed to implement policies and procedures to safeguard police officers during routine traffic stops, and that the City’s immunity from suit from such a claim is discriminatory and violates the equal-protection clause of the state constitution. The City filed separate pleas to the jurisdiction to each of these claims. The trial court denied the City’s pleas to…
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