City of Dallas v. Hillis

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice FITZGERALD.

Appellees sued the City of Dallas on claims arising from the death of Taylor Hillis. The City filed a plea to the jurisdiction based on governmental immunity. The trial court signed an order granting the plea in part and denying it in part. The City timely perfected this interlocutory appeal from that order. Appellees cross-appealed the order to the extent the trial court granted the plea. We conclude that all of appellees’ claims are barred by governmental immunity, so we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. Background

Phil and Buffy Hillis sued the City…