· 7/9/2004
Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Simons
Citations
- 140 S.W.3d 338
- 47 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 861
- 2004 Tex. LEXIS 654
- 2004 WL 1533264
How courts have described this case
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- holding that actual notice requires that governmental unit has \a subjective awareness that its fault produced or contributed to the claimed injury\
- holding that actual notice can be determined as a matter of law
- holding that actual notice can be determined as a matter of law
- noting that subjective awareness will often be proved, “if at all, by circumstantial evidence”
- stating that the governmental unit can have actual notice even if it does not know that the claimant has actually made an allegation of fault
- explaining that evidence of notice under section 101.101(c) of the TTCA must show that governmental unit had “actual, subjective awareness of its fault in the matter”
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Judges: Hecht
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