PKG Contracting, Inc. v. City of Mesquite

PKG Contracting, Inc. sued the City of Mesquite for breach of a contract to construct a storm drainage system and for quantum meruit, negligence, and estoppel. The trial court overruled the City’s plea to the jurisdiction based on immunity from suit, and the City took an interlocutory appeal. The court of appeals reversed and dismissed the case, holding that the City’s immunity was not waived for PKG’s tort claims and was not waived for PKG’s contract claims by section 51.075 of the Local Government Code or by a provision in the City’s charter that authorizes it to “sue and be sued; ...…