City of Hidalgo Ambulance Service v. Lira

OPINION

RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

The City of Hidalgo Ambulance Service (the City) brings this interlocutory appeal from the denials of two pleas to the jurisdiction. See Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp.2000). By a single issue, the City contends the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the claims alleged in the petition did not give rise to waiver of immunity under the Texas Tort Claims Act. We affirm in part and reverse and render in part.

Pedro Lira, Sr. died of a heart attack in Hidalgo County, Texas. Pedro’s widow, Maria Lira, individually, as the…