Legal Opinion

Latasha Freeman v. American K-9 Detection Services, L.L.C. and Hill Country Dog Center, L.L.C.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 2015No. NUMBER 13-14-00726-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice Garza

This case involves personal injuries allegedly caused by a contract working dog (“CWD”) on a United States military base in Afghanistan. Appellant LaTasha Freeman argues that the trial court erred in granting a plea to the jurisdiction dismissing her suit against appellees, American K-9 Detection Services, LLC (“AMK9”) and Hill Country Dog Center, LLC (“HCDC”). We reverse and rejnand. 1

I. Background

Freeman was employed as an administrative clerk by Honeywell International, Inc., a private military contractor that provided support to the United States Army’s…

2Cases cited35 opinions

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. American K-9 Detection Services, LLC and Hill Country Dog Center, Llc v. Latasha FreemanTexas Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Lenoir v. U.T. PhysiciansCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Gtech Corp. v. SteeleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018
  4. American K-9 Detection Services, LLC and Hill Country Dog Center, Llc v. Latasha FreemanTexas Supreme Court · 2018
  5. Dawn Nettles v. GTECH Corporation, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2017

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