Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Transportation v. Ramirez
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided April 5, 2001No. 03-00-00594-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.
After a fatal automobile collision on Interstate Highway 35, family members of Ruben Ramirez, Sr. (“appellees”) brought a negligence action against the Texas Department of Transportation (“the Department”), asserting a premises defect claim under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“the Act”). 1 The Department brings this interlocutory appeal from a district court order denying its plea to the jurisdiction. See Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (West Supp.2001). In three issues, the Department argues that its sovereign immunity under the Act was not waived because…
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