County of Zapata v. Lopez

OPINION

TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.

The appellees sued the County of Zapata for negligence arising from the destruction of their home by a fire. The County filed a plea to the jurisdiction and motion for summary judgment claiming that ap-pellees’ allegations did not support a waiver of sovereign immunity under the Texas Tort Claims Act. The trial court denied the plea and motion. We reverse the trial court’s order because the appellees’ claims are barred by Texas Tort Claims Act section 101.062(b).

BACKGROUND

In May 1996, a small, accidental fire started in the first floor kitchen area of the…