Legal Opinion

Gunn v. Harris Methodist Affiliated Hospitals

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 13, 1994No. 2-94-024-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LATTIMORE, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of Harris Methodist Affiliated Hospitals (“Hospital”).

We affirm.

On January 9, 1991, Shirley Lee Gunn slipped on a wet floor and fell in the hallway of a building located at 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. As a result of the fall, Gunn suffered injuries for which she instituted this premises liability suit. In her original petition, Gunn alleged that the Hospital “owned, occupied, and maintained” the building in which she fell. Gunn further alleged that because…

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