City of Austin, Texas v. Trudy Leggett, Individually and as Heir of Nathan Leggett

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00345-CV

City of Austin, Texas, Appellant

v.

Trudy Leggett, Individually and as Heir of Nathan Leggett, Deceased, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 261ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. D-1-GN-02-001349, HONORABLE ORLINDA NARANJO, JUDGE PRESIDING

O P I N I O N

At approximately 6 p.m. on November 15, 2001, seventeen year-old Nathan Leggett tragically drowned after attempting to drive through a flooded street in southwest Austin. That afternoon, it was undisputed that the Austin area had been hit by thunderstorms with intense rainfall,…