TTCA


Burnett v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 4, 2006)(Edelman)
[inmate suit dismiss, TTCA, tort claims]
AFFIRMED: Justice Edelman
(Before Justices Anderson, Edelman and Frost)
14-04-01088-CV Joseph M. Burnett v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Douglas Dretke, Pamela
Baggett, Johnny Thomas, Marcus Munson, James Soileau, Akbar Shabazz, Keith Clendennon, Jimmy
McLaughlin, F.N.U. Lopez, and Kristy Jeter--Appeal from 12th District Court of Walker County (Hon.
Kenneth Keeling)

Justices Disagree on Whether Sovereign Immunity Protects City from Suit
for Spilling Sewage into Private Home
    
Banda v. City of Galveston (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Sep. 14, 2006)(Hanks)
[governmental entity law, sovereign immunity, TTCA, motor-driven equipment, sewer spill]
AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Hanks
Before Justices Taft, Keyes and Hanks                                
01-05-00331-CV Donna Banda and Robyn Worthen v. City of Galveston
Appeal from 10th District Court of Galveston County (Judge David E. Garner)
Dissenting opinion by Justice Keyes

UTMB v. Thompson (Tex.App.–Houston [14th Dist.] June 20, 2006)(Anderson)
[Texas Tort Claims Act, TTCA; denial of university’s plea to the jurisdiction reversed, judgment of
dismissal rendered,
sovereign immunity not waived for this type of health care liability claim]
REVERSED AND RENDERED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Justices Anderson, Edelman and Frost
14-06-00014-CV University of Texas Medical Branch v. Tinesha T. Thompson
Appeal from 122nd District Court of Galveston County (Judge John A. Ellisor JR.)


Wilson v. Harris County Water (Tex.App.–Houston [14th Dist.] March 28, 2006)(Seymore)
[TTCA, dismissal affirmed for want of jurisdiction, employee dismissed too b/c governmental unit
dismissed]
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Charles Seymore
Before Justices Hudson, Fowler and Seymore
14-05-00078-CV Leroy Wilson v. Harris County Water Control & Improvement District # 21 and Mike
Buckner
Appeal from 269th District Court of Harris County (Judge John Thomas Wooldridge)


Duncan v. City of Houston (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 26, 2006)(Jennings)
[TTCA notice requirement, sidewalk, premises liability, personal injury]
AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Jennings
Before Justices Nuchia, Jennings and Higley
01-05-00079-CV        Alvin Charles Duncan v. City of Houston
Appeal from 133rd District Court of Harris County (Hon. Lamar McCorkle)