Whether a bicyclist was riding on government property for recreation or not was the deciding factor in a personal-injury lawsuit that the Texas Supreme Court decided in favor of a government agency Friday.

The University of Texas at Austin has governmental immunity against a lawsuit by a bicyclist, April Garner, who was hurt when a university employee hit her with a vehicle, because she was on the property of the university to meet a friend to go ride bikes on a trail, said the opinion in The University of Texas at Austin v. Garner.

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