City of Pasadena v. Belle

OPINION

KENT C. SULLIVAN, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal 1 arises from the trial court’s denial of a plea to the jurisdiction filed by appellant, the City of Pasadena. Appellant asserts governmental immunity from a personal-injury lawsuit involving a Pasadena police officer who was involved in an automobile collision while responding to an emergency dispatch. The driver of the other vehicle, appellee James West, contends that Pasadena’s immunity is waived because its employee, Officer Martin Hoffman, drove recklessly and did not act in good faith by speeding without activating his patrol…