Legal Opinion
Pack v. City of Fort Worth
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 2, 1977No. 17791PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPURLOCK, Justice.
Donald Pack signed a release for injuries suffered while in the course and scope of his employment for the City of Fort Worth. His suit for those injuries resulted in a summary judgment for the City.
We affirm.
On February 6, 1973, Pack, an employee of the public works department of the City, was repairing a heater suspended from the ceiling of a water department garage, approximately twenty feet above the floor. At the time of the accident he was working on a platform raised by a forklift to a height convenient for that work. Another City truck, being repaired nearby…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. San Antonio Plumbing Supply Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1965
- Grimes v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Wheeler v. HollowayTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925
3Cited by15 opinions
- Frey v. DeCordova Bend Estates Owners Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Pack v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Totman v. Control Data Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Torchia v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1991
- Clutts v. Southern Methodist UniversityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
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