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DeWITT v. HARRIS COUNTY

No. 94-0782.

904 S.W.2d 650 (1995)

Clara DeWITT Et Al., Petitioners v. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 22, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled September 14, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Houssiere, III, Randal A. Kauffman, and Eileen Fowler, Houston, for petitioners.

Mike Driscoll, Joan M. Denton, Sandra D. Hachem, Lana S. Shadwick, and David R. Hurley, Houston, for respondent.

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion of the Court in which Justices GONZALEZ, HIGHTOWER, HECHT and OWEN join.

The issue in this case is whether a governmental entity may have respondeat superior liability under section 101.021(2) of the Texas Tort Claims Act for the negligence of its employee when the employee possesses official immunity. We answer this question...

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