the City of Watauga v. Russell Gordon

How courts have described this case

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• holding that because the gravamen of the complaint was a police officer’s use of excessive force, the plaintiffs claim arose from battery rather than negligence
• holding that a claim for excessive force is an intentional tort that is not actionable under the Texas Tort Claims Act
• stating that TTCA “does not waive immunity when the claim arises out of an intentional tort”
• explaining that excessive force claims “in the context of a lawful arrest arise out of battery,” not negligence
• explaining that Tort Claims Act’s “limited waiver does not apply to intentional torts”
• stating that limited waiver in section 101.021(2) “does not apply to intentional torts”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).