Legal Opinion
Bessie Tompkins, and Husband, Charles Henry Tompkins v. The City of El Paso
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1971No. 29765_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
On July 14, 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins were at the El Paso International Airport to meet the plane of an arriving relative. When the Tompkins learned that the plane was delayed they decided to wait in their car rather than in the terminal. As the Tompkins left the terminal building, they crossed Convair Road which separates the El Paso terminal from a metered parking area. Mrs. Tompkins and her husband had walked perhaps 20 feet when she caught the toe of her shoe on the edge of a drainage lid cover which extended %ths of an inch high and protruded from the sidewalk…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- John H. Freeman, Jr., D/B/A Freeman Electric Gin Company v. Continental Gin CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Brownsville Navigation DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Smith v. StateIdaho Supreme Court · 1970
- Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company and Grundy Coal Company v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Fernandes v. LimmerDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1979
- Starr v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1975
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