NEWMAN v. OBERSTELLER

No. 96-0374.

960 S.W.2d 621 (1997)

Ronnie NEWMAN, Petitioner, v. Paul OBERSTELLER and Susan D. Obersteller as Next of Friend of Kurt Obersteller, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Helfand, Lisa C. Bingham, Houston, for petitioner.

William J. Kelly, Corpus Christi, for respondents.


ENOCH, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT, CORNYN, SPECTOR, OWEN and BAKER, Justices, join.

The issue in this case is whether section 101.106 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code confers immunity on government officials once a suit against a governmental unit arising out of the same facts has proceeded to judgment. The court of appeals held that it had no jurisdiction to consider the interlocutory appeal...

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