Brookshire v. Houston Independent School District

COULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered against appellant William Monroe Brookshire, plaintiff below, and for appellee, the Houston Independent School District. Appellant, an employee of appellee, sued for personal injuries caused by the allegedly negligent operation of a forklift at a warehouse owned and operated by appellee.

The sole question here is whether a forklift is a “motor vehicle” as that term is used in section 19A of the Texas Tort Claims Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-19 (Supp.1974).

Appellant alleges that he was injured as the result a fall, when…