Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided August 16, 1995No. 03-93-00471-CVPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
Ronald W. Johnson, Jr. appeals from a take-nothing judgment, based on a directed verdict, in his causes of action for personal injuries brought against the Texas Department of Transportation (the “Department”) under the Texas Tort Claims Act (the “Act”).1 We will affirm the trial-court judgment.
*395THE CONTROVERSY
In early morning darkness, Johnson drove a convertible automobile across Kmckerbocker Road at its intersection with Spillway Road in Tom Green County, crashing into a barbed-wire fence on the far side of Knieker-bocker and sustaining personal injuries. The…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. PayneTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- County of Harris v. EatonTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Maxwell v. Texas Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Shives v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1987
- State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority v. Pitonyak, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
- Texas Department of Transportation v. Olivares, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2010
- Ramos v. Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2000
- City of Fort Worth v. RoblesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Associated Press v. Cook, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2000
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