Peterson v. City of Fort Worth

OPINION

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

I.INTRODUCTION

Appellant Sandra L. Peterson (Peterson) appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Fort Worth (the City) in her premises liability action. In a single point, Peterson contends the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of the City because the eondition was a special defect as a matter of law. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

II.FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On February 7, 1994, Peterson stepped into a “hole” created by a break in a steel plate that covered a shallow drainage channel that traversed the…