We crafted an interactive map that gives a statebystate breakdown of negligence laws in the US, highlighting the laws and limits each may have. Our attorneys are passionate about helping people and have significant experience representing injured clients in Bexar County and throughout Texas.The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity is a common-law rule stating that the government is not liable to its citizens for torts. "Negligence," means failure to use a high degree of care, that is, failing to do that which a very cautious, competent, and prudent. State, they also could not perform proprietary functions and had no tort liability until the passage of the Tort Claims Act. Distinguishing between. Negligence falls under a part of tort law. A tort is a civil wrong. From the 407th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2019-CI-12758. Tort is not a criminal act and must be solved in a civil court.