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PETTA v. RIVERA

No. 13-94-045-CV.

923 S.W.2d 678 (1996)

Melinda PETTA, Appellant, v. Adrian RIVERA, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrolman and Texas Department of Public Safety, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Opinion Overruling Rehearing June 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Dale, Katie Pearson Klein, William D. Mount, Jr., McAllen, for appellant.

Dan Morales, Attorney General, Austin, Jorge Vega, First Asst. Attorney General, Austin, Ann Kraatz, Assistant Attorney General, Chief, Law Enforcement Defense Div., Austin, Drew T. Durham, Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice, Austin, Demetri Anastasiadis, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, Richard M. Berry, Assistant County Attorney, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and YALEZ and CHAVEZ, JJ.

OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for personal injuries against the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and its trooper, Adrian Rivera. Appellant, Melinda Petta, sued appellees, the DPS and Rivera, under the Texas Tort Claims Act, and she sued Rivera individually, for injuries she allegedly received following a high-speed chase. The trial court granted two summary judgments for appellees. By seventeen...

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