Legal Opinion
City of Pasadena v. Freeman
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 16, 1987No. A14-86-115-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.
The City of Pasadena appeals a judgment based upon a jury verdict in favor of several plaintiffs. The suit arose out of a tragic one-car accident in which two boys were killed and two injured when their car crashed into a drainage ditch in Pasadena. The jury found the City of Pasadena negligent in failing to erect a barricade or a temporary barricade to warn motorists that the street on which the boys were travel-ling made a dead end into a ditch.
The major issues on appeal concern (1) the nature of the city’s duty; (2) the award of bystander damages to…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Pope v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- City of Houston v. QuinonesTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Landreth v. ReedCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Sparkman v. MaxwellTexas Supreme Court · 1975
- City of Fort Worth v. Lee, GuardianTexas Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Tice v. City of PasadenaTexas Supreme Court · 1989
- Freeman v. City of PasadenaTexas Supreme Court · 1988
- Albert Whatley, Cross-Appellee v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Raymark Industries, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Zambory v. City of Dallas, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
- City of Baytown v. Peoples, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)1999
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