Texas Department of Transportation v. Jones

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• holding that a governmental defendant may contest in a plea to the jurisdiction whether the State has waived immunity from suit
• holding that the party suing the governmental entity must establish the State's consent, which may be alleged either by reference to a statute or to express legislative permission
• holding that immunity from suit is properly raised in a plea to the jurisdiction
• stating that party may contest trial court's subject matter jurisdiction by filing plea to jurisdiction
• holding that the court of appeals had to determine whether the driver’s pleadings in a suit for damages stated a claim under the Texas Tort Claims Act before affirming the trial court’s denial of the Department of Transportation’s plea to the jurisdiction
• explaining that trial courts have no subject matter jurisdiction over suits against State in absence of State’s consent

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