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Texas Supreme Court Ruling Limits Governmental Immunity in Contract Disputes

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On April 12, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court handed down two decisions clarifying its interpretation of governmental immunity and waiver under Section 271.152 of the Texas Local Government Code. Governmental units, including...more

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Striking the Balance of Power: Supreme Court Confirms Government Has No Absolute Immunity from Charter Damages When Adopting...

In its recent decision, Canada (Attorney General) v Power (Power), a divided Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) confirmed that a government can incur liability for damages under section 24(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and...more

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Charlotte’s Contracts to Build Transit System are Inseparable Part of Government Function to Provide Service to Public

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The City of Charlotte’s Gold Line Streetcar extension, that brought the system to a 4-mile, 17-stop line, opened to the public in August 2021. But disputes about its construction (and payment for it) that stretched back to...more

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Supreme Court Finds Distinction in Applicability of Law Enforcement’s Governmental Immunity

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Adesokan v. Town of Bloomfield, 347 Conn. 416, 297 A.3d 983 (2023) - This is a very interesting appeal involving whether a police officer holds a special defense of governmental immunity in the appellant’s underlying personal...more

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A Plaintiff’s Primer: Four Issues to Consider When Suing Governmental Entities in Georgia

Bringing a lawsuit is often a relatively simple procedure. You identify the defendant and properly serve process on the person or organization (or, possibly both) who you believe to be responsible for the event that damaged...more

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Clearing the Decks While Decking the Halls

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If there’s one thing readers of this blog can count on, it is that every even-numbered year ends with a gush of opinions from both appellate courts as the judges and justices strive to finish the year’s work before new...more

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Partial Summary Judgment Granted, Rejecting Government Immunity Defense of Shipyard defendants

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiff Linda Crossland alleged take-home exposure to asbestos from her husband’s clothing while he was employed at the Avondale Shipyards, where he...more

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The Mortality of Immunity

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Are North Carolina Courts Chipping Away at Public Official Immunity? For years, police officers and other public officials in North Carolina have enjoyed the protections of public official immunity when charged or sued...more

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Scope of Cross-Appeals in the Michigan Court of Appeals

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In the Michigan Court of Appeals, when a party files an appeal as of right (or the Court of Appeals grants leave to appeal), the appellee is entitled to file a cross-appeal. MCR 7.207(A)(1) (“When an appeal of right is filed...more

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Pipeline Prevails Over Governmental Entity in Condemnation Dispute

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A pipeline company condemning property of a governmental entity? That’s something you don’t see every day. Score a win for “big pipe” against “big government”. In Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 v. Magellan...more

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The Supreme Court - June 22, 2022

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Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc., No. 20-1641: This case concerns the interpretation of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act’s (MSPA) anti-discrimination provisions regarding individuals with...more

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When is governmental immunity waived by the acts of governmental officials? Ultra Vires Revisited

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Ultra Vires and Immunity - On June 3, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court issued two important opinions on the topic of waiver of governmental immunity based on the doctrine of ultra vires. In the first–Van Boven–the Court...more

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What is a whistle-blow “report” under the Texas Whistleblower Act?

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The Texas Whistleblower Act The Texas Whistleblower Act (Act) was adopted “amidst a growing sense throughout the country that ‘mismanagement in the public sector’” was a growing public concern, and that “employees who...more

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Texas Law and Section 271 Contractual Waiver’s of Governmental Immunity to Suit

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Governmental Immunity - Under Texas law, school districts are generally immune from suit and liability unless the legislature expressly waives governmental immunity. Generally, absent an express legislative waiver, such as...more

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Texas Supreme Court Orders on the “Save Chick-fil-A Law” in Dohlen v. City of San Antonio (April 1, 2022)

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Dohlen v. City of San Antonio, No. 20-0725, __S.W.3D__ (Tex. April 1, 2022) - Overview. In this case, the Texas Supreme Court addresses, for the first time, Chapter 2400 of the Texas Government Code, being the “Save...more

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With Ferreira v. City of Binghamton, New York Court of Appeals Preserves Public Duty Rule

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It has long been the rule in New York State that in order to hold a municipality responsible for injuries that arise from its performance of a governmental function, a plaintiff had to establish the municipality owed to him...more

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This Week at the Ninth: Controlled Burns

This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the United States’ immunity from suit for fire suppression efforts. ESQUIVEL v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - The Court held that the district court correctly dismissed plaintiffs’...more

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Event Release Invalidated for Violating Public Policy

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Degliomini v. ESM Productions, Inc. and City of Philadelphia, 253 A.3d 226 (Pa. June 22, 2021) (Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that pre-injury exculpatory release granting city immunity from duty to maintain city streets...more

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Negligence Claims Aimed at Core Government Policy Decisions are Insulated from Liability in Tort, Rules Ontario Court of Appeal

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The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Cirillo v Ontario, 2021 ONCA 353, clarifies that sections 11(4) and (5) of the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (CLPA) do not represent substantive changes to the common law on...more

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Farmer v. Troy University (Sovereign Immunity)

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On March 2, 2021, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in Farmer v. Troy University that an Alabama university, which was operating an office in North Carolina was entitled to sovereign immunity and was therefore immune...more

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The Supreme Court - February 25, 2021

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Brownback v. King, No. 19-546: Under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), a plaintiff is allowed to bring certain state-law tort suits against the Federal Government in federal court. An FTCA claim is actionable if it...more

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Engineering Firm/Landfill Acquisition Contract: Texas Appellate Court Addresses Governmental Immunity Issue

The Court of Appeals of Texas (“Court”) addressed in a December 16th Opinion an issue arising out of litigation between an engineering firm and a Texas city related to a contract associated with services to obtain a landfill...more

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The Employment Law Reporter

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Federal Court Rejects New York City Police Officer’s Employment Discrimination Action The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment to the defendants in an employment...more

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SCOTX: No Arbitrary Arbitration Provision For Local Governments

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The Supreme Court of Texas recently announced that local governments who have agreed to arbitration clauses may be forced into arbitration. However, the Court also announced that the judiciary “retains the duty to decide...more

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Active duty military personnel near a small win on medical malpractice claims

The U.S. government is on the brink of giving active duty military personnel half a legal loaf when it comes to a fundamental constitutional right — their chance to seek justice in the civil courts if they suffer harms while...more

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