Legal Opinion
Chavez v. City of San Antonio Ex Rel. City of Public Service Board
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided April 19, 2000No. 04-99-00350-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by:
PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.
This is a personal injury case. The appellants sued the appellee, City Public Service Board of San Antonio (CPS), for damages Juan Pablo Chavez (Chavez) sustained when a tree limb he was trimming fell on a high voltage overhead power line. The trial court granted CPS’s motion for summary judgment based on the indemnity provision in Tex. Health & Sapety Code Ann. § 752.008 (Vernon 1992). Specifically, the trial court found the statute required Chavez to indemnify CPS for any damages arising out of his own conduct, and therefore, he was precluded from…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- Science Spectrum, Inc. v. MartinezTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Montgomery v. KennedyTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- AEP Texas North Company, F/K/A West Texas Utilities Company v. SPA Pipe, Inc. D/B/A Smith Pipe of Abilene and SPA Pipe & Supply, LP, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
- Brandon Antony Rogers v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2008
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