Legal Opinion
City of Dallas v. Gatlin
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided December 6, 2010No. 05-09-01425-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By
Justice MYERS.
The City of Dallas, Texas brings this interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (West 2008). The City brings four issues asserting the trial court erred by determining governmental immunity from suit did not bar the cause of action for exemplary damages brought by appellees Lacey Celeste Gatlin, Amber D. Gatlin, and Debra S. Gatlin. We conclude the City’s governmental immunity from suit was not waived, which deprived the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over the…
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