Second Court of Appeals

Summaries of Civil Opinions and Published Criminal Opinions Issued - Week of May 28, 2018.

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City of Fort Worth v. Deal, No. 02-17-00413-CV (May 31, 2018) (Meier, J., joined by Sudderth, C.J., and Pittman, J.).

Held:  The TTCA’s intentional-tort exception bars Deal’s claim that her son’s death following a high-speed police pursuit and crash was proximately caused by an unknown police officer’s negligent deployment of a tire-deflation device.