Legal Opinion
Simons v. City of Austin
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided May 29, 1996No. 03-95-00493-CVPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIDD, Justice.
A jury awarded appellee Joyce Ann Si-mons $200,000 in damages for injuries sustained when a wooden partition fell on her at the Hancock Recreation Center, a facility owned and operated by appellant City of Austin (the “City”). The trial court rendered judgment on the jury verdict, and the City now appeals. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.
BACKGROUND
On August 28, 1989, Simons was struck on the back when a three-panel, wooden parti tion constructed and used by the Hancock Recreation Center (the “Center”) fell on her as she sat at a nearby table. As a result, Simons…
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