Joyce Ann Simons/City of Austin v. City of Austin/Joyce Ann Simons

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-95-00493-CV

Joyce Ann Simons/City of Austin, Appellants

v.

City of Austin/Joyce Ann Simons, Appellees

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 91-11267, HONORABLE JOSEPH H. HART, JUDGE PRESIDING

A jury awarded appellee Joyce Ann Simons $200,000 in damages for injuries sustained when a wooden partition fell on her at the Hancock Recreation Center, a facility owned and operated by appellant City of Austin (the "City"). The trial court rendered judgment on the jury verdict, and the City now appeals. We will…