State v. Rodriguez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a ninety-degree turn in a detour from a road construction project was not a special defect
• holding that a ninety-degree turn in a detour from a road construction project was not a special defect
• noting that a special defect is something that “unexpectedly and physically impair[s] a car’s ability to travel on the road”
• providing that even if sign placement decisions are discretionary, the State still waives immunity when the case involves a special defect
• finding that the design of highway and lack of barrier in median between north and southbound lanes reflected discretionary decisions for which TxDOT retained immunity
• holding design of detour was discretionary act for which immunity was not waived

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

128 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• County of Cameron v. Brown
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-05-23· cited 1,421×
• Texas Department of Transportation v. Ramirez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-06-06· cited 335×
• Henry Schein, Inc. v. Stromboe
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-10-31· cited 313×
• Stephen F. Austin State University v. Flynn
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-06-29· cited 142×
• City of Dallas v. Reed
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-05-16· cited 91×
• Denton County v. Beynon
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-05-01· cited 86×
• Texas Department of Transportation v. Garza
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-01-24· cited 84×
• Texas Department of Transportation v. York
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-05-22· cited 76×
• Reyes v. City of Laredo
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-12-03· cited 74×
• City of Mission v. Cantu
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-11-21· cited 65×
• Perez v. City of Dallas
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2005-12-13· cited 61×
• Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority v. Pitonyak
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-07-25· cited 61×
• City of Denton v. Rachel Paper
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-08-17· cited 56×
• Villegas v. Texas Department of Transportation
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2003-08-13· cited 50×
• City of Fort Worth v. Robles
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-07-12· cited 44×
• Texas Department of Transportation v. Perches
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-11-16· cited 42×
• Texas Department of Transportation v. Andrews
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-01-06· cited 40×
• Tarrant Regional Water District v. Richard Johnson and Sharkara Johnson, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Brandy Johnson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2019-04-12· cited 38×
• Texas Department of Transportation v. Bederka
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2001-02-15· cited 37×
• Sanchez v. Matagorda County
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-12-18· cited 29×