Legal Opinion

Marek v. Tomoco Equipment Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 2, 1987No. C14-86-744-CVPublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in favor of Appellee in Appellant’s personal injury suit. We hold there is no summary judgment evidence that the hole into which Appellant fell was the same trench dug by Appellee. Therefore, we affirm.

On July 8, 1983, Appellant rode his bicycle into an unmarked and unbarricaded trench in the street. Appellant sued the City of Friendswood, Mr. Tracy Spears, the general contractor of a house under construction and Appellee, the subcontractor hired to install a line from the city sewer to the house.

Appellee filed a Motion…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Brownlee v. BrownleeTexas Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Stone v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Republic National Leasing Corp. v. SchindlerTexas Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Nicholson v. Memorial Hospital SystemCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
  5. Brown v. Prairie View a & M UniversityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Lawler v. Dallas Statler-Hilton Joint Venture, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
  2. Camden MacHine & Tool, Inc. v. Cascade Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  3. McAllister v. SamuelsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
  4. Stucki v. Noble, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1998
  5. Llopa, Inc. v. Nagel, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1997

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