Legal Opinion
Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Grant
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 2002No. 00-0625PublishedCited by 1,487 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O’NEIL and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.
This case involves a personal-injury claim that Mur Lee Grant, a customer, brought against Southwestern Electric Power Company, a public utility that provides electric service to East Texas, aris-*214mg out of a power fluctuation in her home. The issue is whether a provision-in SWEP-CO’s tariff that limits SWEPCO’s liability for personal injury damages resulting from power outages or service interruptions is enforceable. The trial court granted SWEPCO’s summary-judgment…
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