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CITY OF DALLAS v. CARBAJAL

No. 09-0427.

324 S.W.3d 537 (2010)

CITY OF DALLAS, Petitioner, v. Olivia J. CARBAJAL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Perkins Jr. , Dallas City Attorney, Patricia Medrano , Barbara E. Rosenberg , James B. Pinson , Assistant City Attorneys, for Petitioner.

Rory Stephen Alter , Nick Maram , Nick Maram & Associates, P.C., Houston, for Respondent.

Brian Clayton England , City of Garland, Assistant City Attorney, for Amicus Curiae City of Garland, Texas.

William Preston Longley , Texas Municipal League, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas Municipal League.

Beth Ellen Klusmann , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.

PER CURIAM.

In this case, we determine whether a police report noting the perceived cause of an accident provides a governmental unit with actual notice of its fault in causing the accident. When a claimant fails to timely provide a governmental unit with formal notice of a claim, see TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE § 101.101(a), the Texas Tort Claims Act requires the governmental unit to have "actual notice that ... the claimant has received some injury...

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