Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Rodriguez
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 19, 2011No. 01-10-00602-CVPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARVEY BROWN, Justice.
This interlocutory appeal arises from a personal injury lawsuit brought by Hugo Rodriguez and Maria Rodriguez as a result of an automobile collision with a vehicle driven by an officer of the Texas Department of Public Safety. The trial court denied DPS’s plea to the jurisdiction, which was based on the defense of official immunity for its officer, Sergeant Parker. On appeal, DPS contends that Sergeant Parker did not have to satisfy the heightened need/risk assessment elaborated in Wadewitz v. Montgomery, 951 S.W.2d 464, 467 (Tex.1997), for determining whether a…
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