City of San Antonio v. Ytuarte

In this interlocutory appeal from an order denying the City of San Antonio’s motion for summary judgment, we consider whether the court of appeals sufficiently analyzed the good faith element of immunity in a police pursuit case. Police officers are entitled to immunity for performing discretionary duties within the scope of their authority provided they act in good faith. City of Lancaster v. Chambers, 888 S.W.2d 650, 653 (Tex.1994). In police pursuit cases, “an officer acts in good faith if a reasonably prudent officer under the same or similar circumstances could have believed that the…