Supreme Court of Texas

In plaintiff's suit against a county alleging negligence and premises liability for injuries sustained in a fall while working for a private contractor at a county jail, court of appeals' dismissal of the case is reversed and remanded as the court of appeals erred in reading Texas Gov. Code section 311.034 and Texas Civ. Practice and Remedies Code section 101.101 together to impose pre-suit notice as a condition to the government's waiver of immunity under the circumstances here, and the Tort Claims Act does not require pre-suit notice when the claimant's lawsuit provides all the requisite information and is served within six months of the incident.

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• Decided 10/01/2010
• Published 10/01/2010

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• Supreme Court of Texas

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