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BROWN v. STATE DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 13-98-499-CV.

80 S.W.3d 594 (2000)

Charlene Mills BROWN, et al., Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Cameron County, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

August 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Jensen, Houston, David T. Bright, Harris & Watts, Corpus Christi, Joseph Prestia, Prestia & Ornelas, Edinburg, for Appellant.

George Christian Kraehe, Willette & Guerra, Brownsville, William E. Williams, III, Assistant Attorney General, Transportation Division, Susan Desmarais Bonnen, Assistant Attorney General, Transportation Division, Austin, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice SEERDEN and Justices YAÑEZ and CHAVEZ.

OPINION

YANEZ, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, appellants challenge the trial court's dismissal of their claims against appellees, Cameron County (the County) and the Texas Department of Transportation (Tx DOT), on the basis that the claims are barred by sovereign immunity. We reverse.

This case resulted from an auto accident which occurred on the Queen Isabella Causeway (the Causeway), which links South Padre Island and the South Texas mainland...

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