Legal Opinion
the City of South Houston v. Sandra Rodriguez
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided March 20, 2014No. 14-12-01119-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARTHA HILL JAMISON, Justice.
Sandra Rodriguez filed suit against the City of South Houston under the Texas Whistleblower Act, alleging retaliatory discharge for her reporting of allegedly illegal conduct. South Houston now brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction based on governmental immunity. We reverse the trial court’s order and remand with instructions to dismiss Rodriguez’s claims against South Houston for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
I. Governing Law
Governmental immunity from suit defeats a trial court’s subject matter…
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