LTTS CHARTER SCHOOL, INC. v. Palasota

We decided last week in LTTS Charter School, Inc. v. C2 Construction, Inc. that an open-enrollment charter school is a “governmental unit” as defined in Section 101.001(3)(D) of the Tort Claims Act for purposes of taking an interlocutory appeal from a trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction. 342 S.W.3d 73 (Tex.2011) (citing TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 101.001(3)(D); id. § 51.014(a)(8)). This case, involving the same petitioner, poses the same issue.

Jimmy Palasota, d/b/a Palasota Property Company, is a real estate listing agent who sued LTTS Charter School, Inc., d/b/a Universal…