City of Galveston v. Gray

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• holding no jurisdiction over the appeal but granting the City’s petition for writ of mandamus alleging the trial court abused its discretion by failing to rule
• holding appellate court lacked jurisdiction over interlocutory appeal 13 because order granting motion for continuance and allowing discovery did not constitute implicit denial of plea to jurisdiction
• finding no adequate remedy by appeal because the city stood to “lose [its] substantial rights to an interlocutory appeal specifically provided by the Legislature with the purpose of avoiding the expense of 14 pretrial discovery and attending mediation”
• respondent trial court refused to rule on plea to jurisdiction filed in suit brought pursuant to Texas Tort Claims Act
• respondent trial court refused to rule on plea to jurisdiction filed in suit brought pursuant to Texas Tort Claims Act
• “The city and the county stand to lose their substantial rights to an interlocutory appeal specifically provided by the Legislature with the purpose of avoiding the expense of pretrial discovery and attending mediation.”

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