Legal Opinion
Pifer v. Muse
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided December 29, 1998No. 06-98-00089-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.
Donald and Paula Pifer brought suit against Sue Muse seeking to recover damages for personal injuries Donald Pifer suffered when he attempted to rescue whom he supposed was a person trapped in a burning house that belonged to Muse. The trial court rendered a take-nothing summary judgment against the Pifers. We will affirm the judgment.
On January 31, 1995, Sue Muse left a lighted candle on a night stand in her house while she went to a store. The candle started a fire that swept through the house. Donald Pifer, a neighbor, saw the flames coming from Muse’s house…
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