Supreme Court of Texas

In the context of the Texas Tort Claims Act, which provides that a governmental unit retains immunity for claims based on the absence of a traffic signal unless the absence is not corrected by the governmental unit within a reasonable time after notice, the term "absence" requires a prior presence, and does not apply to a governmental unit's initial installation of, or failure to initially install, a traffic signal.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2006
• Decided 06/16/2006
• Published 06/16/2006

Judges

• Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amy L. Saberian, Katherine Elizabeth Anderson, P. Michael Jung, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, for Petitioner., Philip A. Lionberger, Ryan D. Clinton, Office of Attorney General, Lauren K. Ford, Texas Municipal League, Austin, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Constance M. Maher, The Maher Law Firm, Arlington, David F. Farris, Lively, Padfield & Stout, Fort Worth, for Respondents.