Jacobs-Cathey Co. v. Cockrum

OPINION

CUMMINGS, Justice.

The appellee, Thomas Carroll Cockrum, a roofing inspector employed by the Waco Independent School District, tripped over an air conditioning belt as he was stepping onto the roof at the Waco Ninth Grade Center, lost his balance, and fell over the side of the school. Landing on his feet after the two-story fall, Cockrum shattered many of the bones in his feet and thereby suffered permanent disabilities. Cockrum sued the appellant, Jacobs-Cathey Co., an air-conditioning servicing business, for failing to remove the air conditioning belt after it had completed a service…