HINOJOSA v. TARRANT COUNTY

No. 07-10-00025-CV.

355 S.W.3d 812 (2011)

Peter Lee HINOJOSA, Appellant, v. TARRANT COUNTY, Texas and Thomas A. Wilder, District Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo, Panel A.

Rehearing Overruled November 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Collins , Burleson, Pate & Gibson, Dallas, for appellant.

Robert D. Browder , Russell A. Friemel , Asst. Dist. Atty's, John H. Cayce , Marcus Patton , Henry H. Robinson , Kelly, Hart & Hallman, P.C., Fort Worth, for appellees.

Henry H. Robinson , for Thomas A. Wilder, District Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas.

Before CAMPBELL and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.


OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

The trial court dismissed the case filed by appellant Peter Lee Hinojosa for want of subject-matter jurisdiction based on the asserted governmental immunity of appellees Tarrant County and its district clerk, Thomas Wilder. We will affirm.

Background

Hinojosa began employment with Tarrant County on March 1, 1976, and moved to the district clerk's office in April 1991. On May 15, 2006, district clerk Wilder...

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