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TARRANT COUNTY v. BIVINS

No. 2-96-054-CV.

936 S.W.2d 419 (1996)

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas, Appellant, v. Richard S. BIVINS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled January 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Curry, Criminal District Attorney, Dana M. Womack, Assistant, Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Jim Minter, Fort Worth, Law Offices of Lane & Lane, Jim Lane, Fort Worth, for Appellee.

Before CAYCE, C.J., and DAY and LIVINGSTON, JJ.

OPINION

CAYCE, Chief Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from a partial denial of a motion for summary judgment based upon an assertion of immunity by appellant Tarrant County, Texas in a wrongful discharge action instituted by appellee Richard S. Bivins, a terminated deputy sheriff of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department. The question presented in this appeal is whether the County is immune from liability for Sheriff David Williams's alleged violations...

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