Temple v. City of Houston

OPINION

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

Appellant, Lori Temple, brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s grant of the appellee, City of Houston’s, plea to the jurisdiction. In one issue on appeal, Temple argues that the trial court erred in granting the City’s plea. We reverse and remand.

Background

Temple’s late husband was a police officer employed by the City. Her husband participated in the City’s life insurance plan and named Temple as his beneficiary. The plan provided minimum coverage in the amount of $15,000. The plan also allowed Temple’s husband to elect coverage of two, three,…