Legal Opinion
Thompson v. City of Corsicana Housing Authority
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided August 29, 2001No. 10-99-352-CVPublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVIS, Chief Justice.
Felicia Thompson and Dorothy Nance sued the City of Corsicana Housing Authority (the “Housing Authority”) for personal injuries they allegedly sustained when a portion of the ceiling in Thompson’s apartment fell on them. They sued under theories of premises liability and breach of contract. The Housing Authority filed a motion for summary judgment alleging that: (1) it has sovereign immunity; (2) Appellants cannot recover on their premise defect theory because they had actual knowledge of the alleged defective condition and the Housing Authority did not; (3) the…
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