Legal Opinion
Escobar v. Harris County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 31, 2014No. 01-12-00391-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL MASSENGALE, Justice.
Following an attempted traffic stop, Luis Manuel Escobar fled in his car from Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Good-ney. At the end of the pursuit, Luis was shot and killed as he ran from the scene. This lawsuit was brought by Luis’s mother, alleging that his death resulted from the unlawfully excessive use of force by Deputy Goodney.
Appellant Delores Escobar sued appel-lees Harris County and Deputy Eric Good-ney for wrongful death and for violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Both defendants moved for summary judgment. The County pleaded governmental immunity…
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