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Recent News About Texas Department of Transportation
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14th Court affirms immunity for TxDOT in suit over outdoor sign regulation
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals affirmed an order of dismissal for want of jurisdiction in a lawsuit brought by Lamar Advantage Outdoor and filed against the Texas Department of Transportation and two of its officials. -
Justices gut lawsuit against TxDOT over tree removal
FORT WORTH - The Second Court of Appeals recently reversed in part a ruling denying the Texas Department of Transportation’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit brought over tree removal. -
Fifth Court of Appeals affirms ruling certifying class in litigation against USAA Insurance
DALLAS - The Fifth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling granting a motion to certify a class in litigation brought against the USAA Casualty Insurance Company. -
Goliad County can’t place signs warning traffickers to turn around on Hwy 59 without TxDOT approval, AG opines
AUSTIN - A county does not have the authority to place a sign in a state highway right-of-way without approval of the Texas Department of Transportation or an agreement with the Texas Transportation Commission, Attorney General Ken Paxton opined yesterday. -
Justices kick suit accusing Jersey Village of failing to paint concrete barrier
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals has reversed a ruling denying the city of Jersey Village’s plea to the jurisdiction in a lawsuit accusing it of failing to paint a concrete barrier. -
Harris County Commissioners Court votes to temporarily pause suit against TxDOT’s I-45 expansion project
HOUSTON – At a special meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court, the Court voted to direct Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee to negotiate a temporary stay of the county’s lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) over the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP). -
Fort Worth woman sues TxDOT over deadly I-35 pileup, Provost Umphrey representing her
FORT WORTH – A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 in February that killed her husband. -
Worker's ear sliced by falling gate on TxDOT property claims negligence
HOUSTON — A pallet supply company employee working on a Texas Department of Transportation property had his ear sliced after a gate fell on top of him as he was exiting the property. -
Driver injured when road grading metal flies into windshield, suit claims
HOUSTON — The Texas Department of Transportation is facing a negligence claim after a piece of grating on Highway 146 came off the road and flew into a driver's windshield. -
March 6: Jefferson County District Court docket for "contract: consumer/commercial debt" cases
The following cases categorized as "contract: consumer/commercial debt" were on the docket in the Jefferson County District Court on March 6. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact: -
Jefferson County District Court: Actions Taken on March 6
The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activity on March 6 in the suits below: -
Case activity for Five Point Credit Union vs Javier Aparicio on March 6
The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Five Point Credit Union against Javier Aparicio, Javier Aparicio Martinez, Mohammed Zainaldin, NTS Auto and Texas Department of Transportation on March 6. -
Motorcyclist thrown from bike blames pothole in lawsuit against DOT
GALVESTON — The Texas Department of Transportation (DOT) is facing a negligence suit filed by a man who claims he was thrown from his motorcycle on Highway 3 after hitting a large pothole. -
Ferguson Law brings suit against YRC Worldwide, TxDOT over ‘violent’ and ‘tragic’ multi-vehicle collision
BEAUMONT – The Ferguson Law Firm is representing a couple in a lawsuit that had a “front row seat” for the “carnage” that ensued following a multi-vehicle collision last September. -
Appeals court backs Lone Star Road Construction's summary judgment in highway crash case
HOUSTON -- After ruling the summary judgment evidence doesn’t present a genuine fact issue on causation, the Texas 14th Court of Appeals affirmed July 18 a judgment for a construction company being sued after a man suffered an injury in a road accident. -
TXDOT employee who was terminated after taking scrap metal loses appeal of dismissal of case
BEAUMONT – The Court of Appeals for the 9th District of Texas at Beaumont upheld an 88th District Court of Tyler County order dismissing a woman’s lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT), her former employer, and her supervisor Henry Sawyer, according to a Dec. 20 Appeals Court opinion. -
Justices pave over crash suit against TxDOT
HOUSTON – A trial court does not have jurisdiction over a personal injury lawsuit brought against the Texas Department of Transportation, an appellate court recently opined. -
Woman alleges Port Arthur, TxDOT failed to maintain drainage hole that caused injuries
BEAUMONT – The city of Port Arthur is one of two defendants facing a suit from a Beaumont woman who alleges she was injured due to an open drainage hole. -
Appellate court rules trial court did not err in case involving Ford Motor
HOUSTON – A memorandum opinion from the 14th Court of Appeals by Justice John Donovan upholds a trial court's ruling in a case involving Ford Motor Co. and an application for the approval of an asset purchase agreement.
