Perez v. City of Dallas

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice LANG.

Martin Perez sued the City of Dallas under a theory of premises liability for injuries he sustained when he fell from the bed of his truck into an open pit at a trash transfer station owned and operated by the City. The trial court granted the City of Dallas’s plea to the jurisdiction where it claimed sovereign immunity and dismissed Perez’s claim against the City. In four points on appeal, Perez contends the trial court erred in granting the City’s plea to the jurisdiction, asserting that the City’s sovereign immunity was waived because the City’s trash disposal…