Immunity Perplexity

John Ellis, a former employee of DART, sued for discrimination and encountered a confoundingly complicated area of governmental-immunity law. The Fifth Court, concluding that “we are bound by controlling supreme court precedent in this area of perplexing legislative enactments,” held: “We cannot conclude in these circumstances that a waiver of governmental immunity is clear and unambiguous, as is required. Like the Norman [supreme court opinion], we view the law as ‘too internally inconsistent’ to meet that standard.” Ellis v. DART, No. 05-18-00521-CV (March 13, 2019).