Legal Opinion
City of Dallas v. Brooks
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 30, 2011No. 05-10-00692-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By
Justice MOSELEY.
Nakita and Simian Brooks, individually and as representatives of the Estate of Patricia Brooks, Deceased, sued the City of Dallas and Juan Rangel, a Dallas police officer. The Brookses alleged Rangel’s negligent use of a motor vehicle caused the death of their mother, Patricia Brooks, a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a police car driven by Rangel. After Rangel was nonsuited, 1 the City filed a plea to the jurisdiction asserting it was entitled to immunity from suit because Rangel was entitled to official immunity. The trial court denied the City’s…
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