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CITY OF AUSTIN v. LAMAS

No. 03-04-00034-CV.

160 S.W.3d 97 (2004)

CITY OF AUSTIN, Appellant, v. Francisco LAMAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled March 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin E. Sanders, Asst. City Atty., for appellant.

Trey D. Picard, Jeff M. Meyerson, Meyerson Law Firm, P.C., Austin, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices PATTERSON and PURYEAR.

OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

In this case, we examine a governmental unit's liability under the Tort Claims Act because of the condition of a stop sign. A tort allegedly occurred when a city bus ran a stop sign that was obscured by tree branches. The City of Austin argues that sovereign immunity bars tort liability unless it had actual notice of the traffic sign's condition. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 101.060(a...

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