New Mexico has statutorily waived contractual sovereign immunity for actions based on a valid written contract. It is necessary for the plaintiff suing the New Mexico governmental entity to show that the contract is legally enforceable by showing that a valid contract exists
Attorneys for Harris County filed a brief with the Texas Supreme Court urging the court not to side with ERCOT's claim it can't be sued after February's devastating winter storm and subsequent power outages.
The Texas winter storm left at least 22 people dead in the Houston area and dozens more across the state. Lawsuits against ERCOT, the state's power grid, have emerged over negligence, but it claims sovereign immunity.