Texas Supreme Court
The State of Texas, Petitioner v. Maria Louisa Rodriguez, Representative of the Minor Children of the Marriage Of…
January 7, 199942 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 318
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that the State of Texas retained sovereign immunity in a wrongful‑death suit because the detour design and warning‑sign placement were discretionary functions and the detour was not a special defect, reversing the Court of Appeals and granting the State’s petition for review.