UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD v. REDUS

No. 04-15-00120-CV.

580 S.W.3d 184 (2018)

UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD, Appellant, v. Valerie REDUS, Individually, and Robert M. Redus, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Cameron Redus, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Delivered and Filed: March 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

APPELLANT ATTORNEY: Laurence S. Kurth , Matthew Fisher Wymer , Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP, 112 East Pecan Street, Suite 2750, San Antonio, TX 78205-1512, Wallace B. Jefferson , Amy Warr , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, 515 Congress Avenue, Suite 2350, Austin, TX 78701.

APPELLEE ATTORNEY: Beth Watkins , Stephanie De Sola , Shannon K. Dunn , Watkins Appeals, PLLC, 926 Chulie Drive, San Antonio, TX 78216-6522, Robert R. Burford , Brent Clark Perry , Burford Perry LLP, 909 Fannin St Ste 2630, Houston, TX 77010, Mason Herring , Herring Law Firm, 2727 Allen Parkway, Suite 1150, Houston, TX 77019, Frank Herrera, Jr. , Jorge Herrera , The Herrera Law Firm, 111 Soledad, Suite 1900, San Antonio, TX 78205-2278.

Sitting: Karen Angelini, Justice, Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice, Irene Rios, Justice.


OPINION

The University of Incarnate Word ("UIW") is a private institution of higher education that operates a state-authorized police department. At issue in this appeal is whether UIW is a "governmental unit" that enjoys governmental immunity from suit under...

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