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DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT v. WHITLEY

No. 02-0177.

104 S.W.3d 540 (2003)

DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT, Petitioner, v. Harold WHITLEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 17, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyattye O. Simmons, Dallas, for Petitioner.

John P. Knouse, Law Office of Knouse & Knouse, Dallas, for Respondent.

Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice O'NEILL, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SCHNEIDER, Justice SMITH, and Justice WAINWRIGHT joined.

In this appeal we must decide whether sovereign immunity bars a suit against a transit authority for injuries inflicted by one bus passenger on another. The plaintiff sued Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) for personal injuries he sustained when another passenger attacked...

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