Hintz Ex Rel. Hintz v. Lally

How courts have described this case

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• holding plaintiffs election to sue entity foreclosed any possibility of adding employee in future pleadings
• holding plaintiff’s election to sue entity foreclosed any possibility of adding employee in future pleadings
• holding current version of section 101.106(f) does not violate open courts provision
• explaining that the “disposi-tive election occurs when the governmental employer is sued — regardless of whether the governmental employer is sued alone or in tandem with the employee” — and holding that subsection (a
• stating, “[O] nce the plaintiff makes an ‘irrevocable election’ by suing only the employer, there is no statutory mechanism to change targets and sue the employee instead.”
• “A plaintiff who sues both the employee and the employer also can be compelled to dismiss the employee and sue only the employer instead.”

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