· 6/16/2006
City of Grapevine v. Sipes
Citations
- 195 S.W.3d 689
- 49 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 747
- 2006 Tex. LEXIS 554
- 2006 WL 1651945
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- observing that Subsection (a)(3) provides a “safe harbor” once a governmental unit “corrects” removal of traffic device
- observing that § 101.021 exists as “an exception to the general rule of governmental immunity,” and § 101.060 creates “an exception to the exception: the waiver’s non-application to claims arising from ‘the absence, condition, or malfunction of a traffic or road sign’”
- “Subsection (a)(3) refers to a third person’s intervention, whereas the cause in (a)(2) is not so qualified.”
- “There is no requirement under the [Tort Claims] Act that the City own the tangible property 8 that causes the injury.”
- interpreting TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 101.060(a)(2)
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Judges: Jefferson
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