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· 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

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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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