Hopkins v. Texas Power and Light Company

BATEMAN, Justice.

This is a common law damage suit for personal injuries sustained by appellant Richard Dean Hopkins, a painting subcontractor who was working on a portion of the shopping center known as the Irving Mall. Hopkins appeals from a take-nothing summary judgment rendered in favor of the three defendants, Texas Power and Light Company, Rob-Roy Electric, Inc. and Childs Construction Co.

Our problem is to determine whether the undisputed summary-judgment evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to Hopkins, showed as a matter of law that none of the defendants breached any duty of…