City of Houston v. Rushing

MICHAEL H. SCHNEIDER, Chief Justice.

The City of Houston brings this interlocutory appeal from the denial of its motion for summary judgment and plea to the jurisdiction.1 The sole issue is whether the City is entitled to claim governmental immunity. The trial court held that it was not. We reverse and render.

Facts

On March 27, 1994, Inez Guevarra was involved in a car accident on Memorial Drive, which left his pick-up truck straddling two of the three lanes of traffic. Michael David Richardson and his passenger, Brenda Kay Rushing, approached the stalled pick-up truck on a motorcycle.…