We're Texas. Not a bunch of amateurs. You really think our bases aren't covered?
I feel bad for Coach Beard. But our standard can not be, well, at least our Coach didn't commit a felony. Sucks all around, but he will never coach for Texas again.
"But as former Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach found out, such a lawsuit is exceptionally difficult or perhaps even virtually impossible to win in the state of Texas because of its sovereign immunity doctrine. As the University of Texas system itself explains, “The State of Texas is immune from liability and from suit with respect to most causes of action against it under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. This means that the State of Texas cannot be sued in its own courts without its legislature’s consent.”
The Texas Tort Claims Act provides waivers in certain limited circumstances like property damage, personal injury, or death, but none of them apply to Beard.
So when Leach fired a lawsuit against Texas Tech surrounding his own with-cause termination, the lawsuit was thrown out and a subsequent appeal to the Texas Supreme Court was denied when the court ruled that he could not sue the state without its permission.
Working with an Austin lobbyist, Leach was able to convince a Texas House of Representatives member to file a bill allowing Leach to sue Texas Tech. The bill never made it out of committee.
An appeal to then-Attorney General Greg Abbott to release an opinion on Leach’s ability to sue Texas Tech also failed."
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I feel bad for Coach Beard. But our standard can not be, well, at least our Coach didn't commit a felony. Sucks all around, but he will never coach for Texas again.
"But as former Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach found out, such a lawsuit is exceptionally difficult or perhaps even virtually impossible to win in the state of Texas because of its sovereign immunity doctrine. As the University of Texas system itself explains, “The State of Texas is immune from liability and from suit with respect to most causes of action against it under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. This means that the State of Texas cannot be sued in its own courts without its legislature’s consent.”
The Texas Tort Claims Act provides waivers in certain limited circumstances like property damage, personal injury, or death, but none of them apply to Beard.
So when Leach fired a lawsuit against Texas Tech surrounding his own with-cause termination, the lawsuit was thrown out and a subsequent appeal to the Texas Supreme Court was denied when the court ruled that he could not sue the state without its permission.
Working with an Austin lobbyist, Leach was able to convince a Texas House of Representatives member to file a bill allowing Leach to sue Texas Tech. The bill never made it out of committee.
An appeal to then-Attorney General Greg Abbott to release an opinion on Leach’s ability to sue Texas Tech also failed."
Sovereign immunity protects Texas from potential Chris Beard lawsuit
As Mike Leach found out when he was fired by Texas Tech, successfully suing a public university in the state requires legislative permission.
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