Denton County v. Beynon

OPINION

DIXON W. HOLMAN, Justice.

I. Introduction

Appellant Denton County, Texas (“Den-ton”) brings this accelerated, interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction on the special defect claim of Appellees Dianne Beynon and Roger Beynon, individually and as next friends of Rhiannon Beynon, a minor (“Beynon”). See Tex. Civ. PRAC. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp. 2007). In three issues, Denton complains that the trial court erred by denying its plea to the jurisdiction because Denton is immune from Beynon’s suit. Because we hold that Beynon…