Texas Dep't Of Criminal Justice V. Simons

In Cathey v. Booth, we construed section 101.101 of the Texas Tort Claims Act*fn1 to provide that a governmental unit is entitled to receive formal, written notice of a claim against it within six months of the incident from which the claim arises unless it has actual notice of the claim, including knowledge of its "alleged fault producing or contributing to the death, injury, or property damage".*fn2 The courts of appeals have differed over exactly what this knowledge of alleged fault entails, and we granted the petition for review in this case to revisit the issue. Here, the court of appeals held that petitioner's investigation of an accident provided it with the required knowledge and therefore affirmed the trial court's denial of petitioner's plea to the jurisdiction.*fn3