Thomas v. Long

This is an interlocutory appeal of a trial court’s denial of a jurisdictional plea. Although the plea was made as part of a motion for summary judgment, the court of appeals had jurisdiction to consider the interlocutory appeal under section 51.014(a)(8) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. We conclude that the court erred in determining that it was without jurisdiction to consider the appeal. However, we dismiss the claims relating to the respondent’s reinstatement to her employment because her failure to exhaust administrative remedies deprived the trial court of subject matter…