Legal Opinion
Tex. S. Univ. v. Mouton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 11, 2018No. 14-16-01003-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMartha Hill Jamison, Justice
Tragically, college freshman Brent Randall was killed on the Texas Southern University (TSU) campus. His death resulted from gunshot wounds inflicted by a nonstudent. Randall's mother, Jacqueline Mouton, individually and on behalf of her son's estate, filed suit against TSU. TSU brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the trial court's denial of TSU's plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss based on governmental immunity.1 Concluding that Mouton failed to allege a waiver of TSU's governmental immunity and Mouton's pleadings affirmatively negate the existence of the trial court's…
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