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GARZA v. EDINBURG CONSOL. IND. SCH. DIST.

No. 1399.

576 S.W.2d 916 (1979)

Ramiro GARZA, as next friend for his minor son, Hugo Garza, Appellant, v. EDINBURG CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

January 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston Henrichson, Henrichson & Smith, Edinburg, for appellant.

William J. Quackenbush, Ronald D. Zipp, Pena, McDonald, Prestia & Zipp, Edinburg, Paul D. O'Leary, O'Leary, Sanchez & Benton, Brownsville, for appellees.

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

In this appeal from a summary judgment for Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, defendant below, the issue before this Court is whether the doctrine of governmental immunity should bar a common law negligence suit by a high school student against a school district for injuries received while playing football. We hold that it should.

The case at bar arises out of a negligence suit brought by Ramiro Garza, as...

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