Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority v. Four Seasons Equipment, Inc.

OPINION

LAURA C. HIGLEY, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority (“Gulf Coast”), a political subdivision of the State, appeals the trial court’s denial of its plea to the jurisdiction, asserting that it has immunity from suit. The underlying dispute arises from a commercial transaction in which Gulf Coast acquired a crane from Four Seasons Equipment, Inc. (“Four Seasons”) through an Internet auction. We determine whether, as alleged by Four Seasons, Gulf Coast’s governmental immunity was waived because the acquisition of the crane constituted an uncompensated…