City of Oak Ridge North v. Mendes

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

The issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the City of Oak Ridge North (“City”) is immune from the claims advanced in a lawsuit filed by Paul Mendes (“Mendes”), the City’s former city manager. Mendes’s suit involves three claims that are the subject of this appeal. Specifically, Mendes sought to recover severance pay pursuant to the provisions of his written employment agreement, incentive payments for securing grant funds while employed as the City’s manager, and damages for alleged violations of chapter 123 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code,…