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TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. BONILLA

NO. 14-0694.

481 S.W.3d 640 (2015)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Petitioner, v. Merardo BONILLA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: December 4, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas, Charles E. Roy , First Asst. Attorney General, Daniel T. Hodge , First Asst. Attorney General, David C. Mattax , Director of Defense Litigation, Elsa Girón Nava , Tort Litigation Division, James Edward Davis , Kara Lynne Kennedy , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, for Petitioner.

Adam Fomby , Houston, Joshua R. Leske , Husain Law + Associates, P.C., Houston, Nataliya Tipton , Chambers Law Firm, PLLC, Houston, for Respondent.

Merardo Bonilla sustained injuries in an automobile accident that occurred when a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper ran a red light while allegedly pursuing a reckless driver. Bonilla sued DPS, relying on the Texas Tort Claims Act's sovereign-immunity waiver.1 In a combined motion for summary judgment...

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