University of Texas at Austin v. Hayes

279 S.W.3d 877 (2009)

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, Appellant

v.

Robert HAYES, Appellee.

No. 03-06-00581-CV.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

March 6, 2009.

Jason Warner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Appellant.

Earl Landers Vickery, Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice JONES, Justices PURYEAR and HENSON.

OPINION

J. WOODFIN JONES, Chief Justice.

The University of Texas at Austin (the "University") appeals the county court at law's order denying its plea to the jurisdiction. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (West 2008). The University asserts that sovereign immunity…