University of Texas-Pan American v. Aguilar

In this premises liability case, we must decide whether a workplace safety manual, warning of the dangers of obstructing office walkways with exposed electrical cords, is evidence of the defendant University’s actual knowledge that a water hose lying across a sidewalk was an unreasonably dangerous condition. The court of appeals concluded that the University’s safety manual was sufficient to create a fact issue about whether the University had actual knowledge that the water hose presented an unreasonable risk of harm. 2007 WL 610731, at *2. Because the safety manual did not identify this…