CITY OF DALLAS v. MARTIN

No. 07-0288.

361 S.W.3d 560 (2011)

CITY OF DALLAS, Petitioner, v. David S. MARTIN and George G. Parker, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 16, 2011.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara E. Rosenberg , Peter Brooke Haskel , James B. Pinson , Assistant City Attorneys, Madeleine B. Johnson , Southwest Airlines, Office of the Vice President, E. Leon Carter , Munck Carter P.C., Richard A. Sayles , John Andrew Conway , Sayles @ Werbner, P.C., Thomas P. Perkins Jr. , Dallas City Attorney, Deborah G. Hankinson , William Richard Thompson II , Hankinson Levinger LLP, Dallas TX, for City of Dallas.

Charles W. McGarry , Law Office of Charles McGarry, Bob Gorsky, Lyon, Gorsky, Haring & Gilbert, LLP, Dallas TX, Robert C. Lyon , Robert Lyon & Associates, Rowlett TX, for David S. Martin.

Eric G. Calhoun , Travis & Coulhoun, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Dallas Police.

Philip A. Lionberger , Office of the Attorney General, Assistant Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for amicus curiae State of Texas.


Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice LEHRMANN joined.

This appeal involves issues of governmental immunity from suit. With the exception that this matter is a class action, which does not affect our analysis or conclusions, and one argument that we address separately, the material facts, procedural background, issues, and arguments...

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