Huntsville Independent School District v. Briggs

OPINION

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

William Briggs was involved in an automobile accident where he was hit from behind by a school bus owned by Huntsville Independent School District and driven by Debra Ross, an employee of HISD. HISD brings this interlocutory appeal of the denial of its plea to the jurisdiction. Because the trial court erred in denying HISD’s plea to the jurisdiction, the trial court’s order is reversed.

Background

Briggs initially filed a lawsuit against Ross alleging that she was negligent “while in the course and scope of her employment with Huntsville Independent School…