Brown & Gay Engineering, Inc., Petitioner v. Zuleima Olivares

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, holding that Brown & Gay Engineering, Inc. is not entitled to sovereign immunity for its negligent design of roadway signs, because extending immunity to a private contractor exercising independent discretion does not further the doctrine’s purpose. Chief Justice Hecht filed a concurring opinion agreeing with the result but criticizing the majority’s analysis of immunity’s purpose.