HEIKKILA v. HARRIS COUNTY

No. 12-97-00269-CV.

973 S.W.2d 333 (1998)

Brenda Geannine HEIKKILA and Elwood David Heikkila, Appellants, v. HARRIS COUNTY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

May 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Lapin, Houston, for appellants.

Frank E. Sanders, Houston, for appellee.

Before RAMEY, C.J., HOLCOMB, J., and BILL BASS, Retired Justice, Twelfth Court of Appeals, Tyler, sitting by assignment.


BILL BASS, Justice (Retired).

This is an appeal of a summary judgment in favor of Harris County in a suit brought under the Texas Tort Claims Act. TEX.CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN. § 101.002 (Vernon 1997). Harris County presented one ground for summary judgment in its motion: that it retained sovereign immunity, because its employee was entitled to official immunity. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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