BROWN & GAY ENGINEERING, INC. v. OLIVARES

No. 13-0605

461 S.W.3d 117 (2015)

BROWN & GAY ENGINEERING, INC., Petitioner, v. Zuleima OLIVARES, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Pedro Olivares, Jr., & Pedro Olivares, Respondents

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: April 24, 2015


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will W. Allensworth , William R. Aliensworth , Allensworth & Porter L.L.P., Austin, for Amicus Curiae American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas.

Murray Fogler , Beck Redden LLP, Houston, for other interested party Mike Stone Enterprises, Inc.

Sean Higgins , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Houston, for Petitioner Brown & Gay Engineering, Inc.

Peter M. Kelly , Kelly, Durham & Pittard, L.L.P., Ricardo Molina , Molina Law Firm, Houston, for Respondent Zuleima Olivares, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Pedro Olivares, Jr., & Pedro Olivares.


The doctrine of sovereign immunity bars suit against the government absent legislative consent. In this case, a private engineering firm lawfully contracted...

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