City of Fort Worth v. Soledad Alvarez, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Jessica Romero And Sonya Torres, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Llaylanii Romero ( 2022 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
No. 02-20-00408-CV
CITY OF FORT WORTH, Appellant § On Appeal from the 153rd District Court
V.
§ of Tarrant County (153-316458-20)
SOLEDAD ALVAREZ, INDIVIDUALLY
AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
ESTATE OF JESSICA ROMERO; AND § February 10, 2022
SONYA TORRES, INDIVIDUALLY AND
AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE
OF LLAYLANII ROMERO, Appellees § Memorandum Opinion by Justice Kerr
JUDGMENT
This court has considered the record on appeal in this case and holds that there
was error in the trial court’s order. We reverse the trial court’s order denying
Appellant City of Fort Worth’s plea to the jurisdiction, render judgment dismissing
Appellees Soledad Alvarez, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Jessica
Romero, and Sonya Torres, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of
Llaylanii Romero’s special-defect claim, and remand Appellees’ premises-defect claim
to the trial court for further proceedings.
We order that each party bear their own costs of this appeal.
SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS
By _/s/ Elizabeth Kerr__________________
Justice Elizabeth Kerr