Texas Department of Public Safety v. Sparks

OPINION

Memorandum Opinion by

Justice GARZA.

Appellant, the Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”), brings this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s orders denying its plea to the jurisdiction and motion for summary judgment. 1 We reverse and render judgment dismissing the claims against DPS for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

I. BACKGROUND

On the afternoon of April 7, 2004, DPS Troopers Shawn Hallett and Corey Lee responded to a radio alert that Trooper Cole Dunaway was pursuing a motorcycle that had been speeding and was driving recklessly in Victoria, Texas. With emergency lights…