Legal Opinion
City of Fort Worth v. Robles
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 12, 2001No. 2-01-039-CVPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAY, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this interlocutory appeal, Appellant, the City of Fort Worth (the “City”), appeals from the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction on the grounds that the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars Appellee Noemi Robles’s claims under the Texas Tort Claims Act and Robles has failed to plead a deprivation of a federal right that would entitle her to protection under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. We reverse and render.
II. BACKGROUND
On April 19, 1997, six-year-old Cassandra Robles was hit by a car and killed as she walked across the street near the…
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