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Brownsville Texas Tort Claims Act Attorney

Brownsville Texas Tort Claims Act lawyers may pursue cases against state the Texas, the City of Brownsville or Cameron County, Texas. In order to accomplish this task, they must follow the rules set forth in the Texas Tort Claims Act.

Texas Tort Claims Act Brownsville Attorneys

Subchapter A. General Provisions

• Sec. 101.001. Definitions.
• Sec. 101.002. Short Title.
• Sec.101.003. Remedies Additional.

Subchapter B. Tort Liability of Governmental Units

• Sec. 101.021. Governmental Liability.
• Sec. 101.0211. No Liability for Joint Enterprise.
• Sec. 101.0215. Liability of a Municipality.
• Sec. 101.022. Duty Owed: Premise and Special Defects.
• Sec. 101.023. Limitation on Liability on Amount of Liability.
• Sec. 101.024. Exemplary Damages.
• Sec. 101.025. Waiver of Governmental Immunity Permission to Sue.
• Sec. 101.026. Individual's Immunity Preserved.
• Sec. 101.027. Liability Insurance.
• Sec. 101.028. Workers' Compensation Insurance.
• Sec. 101.029. Liability for Certain Conduct of State Prison Inmates.

Subchapter C. Exclusions and Exceptions

• Sec. 101.051. School and Junior College Districts Partially Excluded.
• Sec. 101.052. Legislative.
• Sec. 101.053. Judicial.
• Sec. 101.054. State Military Personnel.
• Sec. 101.055. Certain Governmental Functions.
• Sec. 101.056. Discretionary Powers.
• Sec. 101.057. Civil Disobedience and Intentional Torts.
• Sec. 101.058. Landowner's Liability.
• Sec. 101.059. Attractive Nuisances.
• Sec. 101.060. Traffic and Road Control Devices.
• Sec. 101.061. Tort Committed Before January 1, 1970.
• Sec. 101.062. 9-1-1 Emergency Service.
• Sec. 101.063. Members of Public Health District.
• Sec. 101.064. Land Acquired Under Foreclosure of Lien.
• Sec. 101.065. Negligence of Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers.
• Sec. 101.066. Computer Date Failure.
• Sec. 101.067. Graffiti Removal.

Subchapter D. Procedures

• Sec. 101.101. Notice.
  • ALSO NOTE - That Brownsville, Texas has an additional Notice provision. It reads:

Section 8. - Rules and regulations governing liability far damages.

The City shall not be liable on account of any claim for specific performance, breach of contract, damages to the person, or to any property, or for any character of tort, unless the person asserting such claim shall give the City written notice of such claim and of the facts upon which it is based within six (6) months from the time it is claimed such cause of action arose, and no such suit shall be instituted or maintained on such claim until the expiration of ninety (90) days from the time such notice shall have been given.

Said written claim shall state the amount of damages claimed and demanded of the city, and to be accompanied by a true statement under oath as to the nature and character and extent of such injury and damages, the time, date and place when and where same happened, the conditions causing the same, with a detailed statement of each item of such damages or injuries, a list of the names and addresses of witnesses, if known to or ascertainable by the affiant, who witnessed said injury or the accident or happening causing the same or the damages resulting from same.

(Ord. No. 93-1270, § 1 (Prop. No. 1), 11-16-1993)
State law reference— Tort claims, V.T.C.A., Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.001 et seq.

City Secretary's office for the City of Brownsville

Estela Von Hatten, City Secretary
1034 E. Levee Street
Brownsville, TX 78520
(956) 548-6001

• Sec. 101.102. Commencement of Suit.
• Sec. 101.103. Legal Representation.
• Sec. 101.104. Evidence of Insurance Coverage.
• Sec. 101.105. Settlement.
• Sec. 101.106. Election of Remedies.
• Sec. 101.107. Payment and Collection of Judgment.
• Sec. 101.108. Ad Valorem Taxes for Payment of Judgment.
• Sec. 101.109. Payment of Claims against Certain Universities.

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