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TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. SPARKS

Nos. 13-10-00401-CV, 13-10-00402-CV.

347 S.W.3d 834 (2011)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellant, v. Robert A. SPARKS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

July 14, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elsa Nava , Austin, for Appellant.

Thomas A. Laucius , Laucius & Associates, Houston, for Appellee.

Before Justices GARZA, BENAVIDES and VELA.

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...

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