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TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE v. THOMAS

No. 01-04-01084-CV.

263 S.W.3d 212 (2007)

THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE and Glenda Pierson, Appellants, v. Linda THOMAS as personal representative for the Estate of Damon Hollimon, deceased, and Ashley Dominique Hollimon, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

April 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Davis, Office of Attorney General (MC059), Maurice L. Taylor, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, Sean Daniel Jordan, Office of the Attorney General, Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Douglas C. Sikes, Provost*Umphrey Law Firm, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices NUCHIA, KEYES, and HANKS.

OPINION

SAM NUCHIA, Justice.

Appellants, The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and Glenda Pierson (Pierson), bring this interlocutory appeal of the orders of the trial court denying TDCJ's plea to the jurisdiction and Pierson's motion for summary judgment.1 TDCJ's plea asserted sovereign immunity from suit, and Pierson's motion for summary judgment asserted qualified immunity. We reverse and render.

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