Legal Opinion
Reyes v. City of Houston
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 28, 1999No. 01-98-00062-CVPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ADELE HEDGES, Justice.
This is an appeal from the grant of a plea to the jurisdiction in favor of the City of Houston and the resulting dismissal for want of jurisdiction. We reverse and remand.
Facts
Three young men died in a car accident on July 13,1996. Their car ran off the end of a dead-end road and hit a chain-link fence some distance from the road. Their survivors brought a wrongful death action 1 against the City of Houston under the Texas Tort Claims Act. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. §§ 101.001-.109 (Vernon 1997 & Supp.1999) [hereinafter “Act”]. The petition alleged that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- City of LaPorte v. BarfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Davis v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1988
- Dillard v. Austin Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Texas Parks & Wildlife Department v. Garrett Place, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1998
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3Cited by35 opinions
- City of Midland v. Sullivan, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2000
- De Mino v. Sheridan, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
- City of Galveston v. Gray, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2002
- City of Grapevine v. SipesTexas Supreme Court · 2006
- Ethio Express Shuttle Service, Inc. v. City of Houston, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005
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