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PETTA v. RIVERA

No. 13-97-661-CV.

985 S.W.2d 199 (1998)

Melinda PETTA, Appellant, v. Adrian RIVERA, Individually and in his official capacity as a Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrolman and the Texas Department of Public Safety, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled February 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Dale, William D. Mount, Jr., Dale & Klein, L.L.P., McAllen, for Appellant.

Demetri Anastasiadis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Richard M. Berry, Asst. County Atty., Corpus Christi, Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Jorge Vega, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Drew T. Durham, Dep. Atty. Gen. for Crim. Justice, Ann Kraatz, Asst. Atty. Gen. Chief, Law Enforcement Defense Div., Austin, for Appellees.

Before Chief Justice SEERDEN, and Justices DORSEY and CHAVEZ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment. Melinda Petta sued appellees, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and one of its officers, Adrian Rivera, for personal injuries she allegedly received following a traffic stop and an ensuing high-speed chase. The trial court granted summary judgment for appellees. By seven points of error Petta asserts that appellees did not conclusively establish their entitlement to...

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