Legal Opinion
City of Dallas v. Heard
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided April 22, 2008No. 05-07-00762-CVPublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Opinion by
Justice LANG-MIERS.
Appellees sued the City of Dallas for injuries they sustained when a gorilla escaped its outdoor exhibit at the Dallas zoo and attacked them. The City filed a plea to the jurisdiction, arguing that governmental immunity barred appellees’ claims. The trial court denied the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
BACKGROUND
On March 18, 2004, Keisha Heard took her two minor sons and her niece to the Dallas zoo. Cheryl Reichert took her children to the zoo that same day. That afternoon, an adolescent western lowland…
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