City of Austin v. Lamas

OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

In this case, we examine a governmental unit’s liability under the Tort Claims Act because of the condition of a stop sign. A tort allegedly occurred when a city bus ran a stop sign that was obscured by tree branches. The City of Austin argues that sovereign immunity bars tort liability unless it had actual notice of the traffic sign’s condition. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 101.060(a)(2) (West 1997). Because Lamas did not plead actual notice and because discovery revealed that the City did not have actual notice of the condition of the sign, the…