TEXAS DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. GARRISON

No. 09-03-043 CV.

121 S.W.3d 808 (2003)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Rick GARRISON, Steve Garrison, Jamie Garrison, Michelle Vaughn, individually and as representatives of the Estate of Susan Louise Wilson, deceased; Jessie Bush, Helen Bush, Homer Scott, Martha Scott, and Misty Mosley, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided October 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Abbott, Atty. Gen., Barry R. McBee, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Jeffrey S. Boyd, Deputy Atty. Gen. for Litigation, Grady Click, Donald E. Garner, Asst. Attys Gen., Chief, Transportation Division, Austin, for appellant.

Diane K. Shaw, Clayton Melton, Shaw & Associates, P.C., Dallas, for appellees.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., BURGESS and GAULTNEY, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Homer and Martha Scott, Rick, Steve, and Jamie Garrison, Michelle Vaughn, Helen and Jessie Bush, and Misty Mosley, appellees, brought suit against the Texas Department of Transportation ("TXDOT") regarding signalization of an intersection where their four separate motor vehicle accidents occurred. The trial court denied TXDOT's plea to the jurisdiction. TXDOT brings this appeal, claiming the sovereign immunity doctrine bars appellees...

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