Brantley v. City of Dallas

ROBINSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Will E. Brantley filed suit against the City of Dallas alleging personal injuries as a result of negligence on the part of employees of the Dallas Fire Department’s Emergency Ambulance Service in failing to transport him to a hospital. The trial court denied plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment and granted the defendant City’s motion for summary judgment based on governmental immunity. Plaintiff appeals, contending that the operation of an emergency ambulance service is a proprietary rather than a governmental function, and in the alternative, that…