CITY OF HOUSTON v. JACKSON

No. 01-02-00879-CV.

135 S.W.3d 891 (2004)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, The City of Houston Fire Department, and Fire Chief Lester Tyra, Appellants, v. Robert JACKSON, Appellee. Robert Jackson, Appellant, v. The City of Houston, The City of Houston Fire Department, and Fire Chief Lester Tyra, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

April 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole Snyder, Asst. City Atty., and Timothy J. Higley, Asst. City Atty., Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Fred A. Keys, Jr., Joan M. Lucci Bain, Bain & Bain, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Chief Justice RADACK and Justices TERRY JENNINGS and HIGLEY.


OPINION

TERRY JENNINGS, Justice.

These appeals arise from the trial court's judgment awarding the plaintiff below, Robert Jackson (Jackson), a statutory penalty of $477,000 against the defendants below, the City of Houston, the City of Houston Fire Department (HFD), and Fire Chief Lester Tyra (collectively, the City), after a jury found that the Fire Chief1 had intentionally failed to implement the relief granted to Jackson,...

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