EL PASO COUNTY WATER IMP. DIST. #1 v. OCHOA

No. 08-14-00151-CV.

554 S.W.3d 51 (2018)

EL PASO COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT #1, Appellant, v. Brenda OCHOA and Antonio Ochoa, Belinda Ochoa, Ronald Navejas, Individually and as Executor of the Estates of Salvador Navejas and Enriqueta Navejas, Deceased, Jose Perez, Teresa Rodriguez, Roque Martinez and Patricia Martinez, Antonio Martinez and Viviana Martinez, Individually and as Next Friends of Antonio Martinez, III, Juan A. Martinez, Roque A. Martinez, Sofia Martinez, and Esteban Martinez, Minors, Henry Martinez, Maria Garcia, Yolanda Abrego, Lucia Chaires, Maria De Jesus Chaires, Inocenta Espinoza, Mario Guerra, Elvia G. Rodriguez, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Lilia Guerra, Deceased, Anita H. Valenzuela, Fred Mattson, Independent Executor of the Estate of Juventino E. Valenzuela, Deceased, David D. and Dolores A. Valenzuela, Maria Teresa Moreno, Cristina Moreno, Angel Moreno, Ramon and Alicia Ontiveros, Gaspar Ontiveros, Miguel Espinoza, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Juliana Espinoza, Deceased, Jesus Saenz, Lorenzo Barrios, Jerry and Maria Torres, Jose M. Quinones, Jose P. Quinones, Adrian Cereceres, Irene M. Chacon, James M. Edwards, Amada Reta, Regino and Ana Espinoza, Gregorio and Virginia Ramirez and Fausto Lopez, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

January 31, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Anthony Safi , Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi & Galatzan, P.O. Box 1977, El Paso, TX, 79950-1977, for Appellant.

Chad Baruch , Johnston Tobey PC, 3308 Oak Grove Ave., Dallas, TX 75204, for Appellees.

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, J., and Chew, C.J. (Senior Judge).


OPINION

More than fifty property owners and apartment residents sued the Water District for property damage and personal injury as a result of a breach in a canal. The Water District filed a plea to the jurisdiction based on governmental immunity. The trial court denied the Water District...

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