United States Fifth Circuit

Summary judgment against plaintiff's tort claims is affirmed where defendant was entitled to derivative sovereign immunity for independent contractors performing the functions of government entities pursuant to Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6550d.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/24/2005
• Published 06/24/2005

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before REAVLEY, JONES and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Albert Piscitelli, Vezina, Lawrence & Piscitelli, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Robert Brooks Gilbreath (argued), Vernon Childs Howerton, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Warren Grau, Scott Allen Whisler (argued), Grau & Koen, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.