Legal Opinion

PRAIRIE VIEW a & M UNIVERSITY v. Brooks

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided October 20, 2005No. 14-04-00501-CVPublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EVAM. GUZMAN, Justice.

Prairie View A & M University (the “University”) appeals a judgment granted in favor of Eddie Ray Brooks for injuries Brooks sustained while repairing a pipe on the University’s campus. After conducting a legal sufficiency review of the evidence introduced at trial, we conclude there is no evidence that the University had actual knowledge of the dangerous condition that resulted in Brooks’ injury. For this reason, Brooks cannot establish a waiver of sovereign immunity under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“TTCA”), and the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. City of Keller v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 2005
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  4. County of Cameron v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 2002
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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. City of Houston v. Harris, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2006
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  5. Moore v. Altra Energy Technologies, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2010

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