C.B. v. D.S.

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-06-00676-CV City of Austin, Appellant v. Louis Silverman, M.D., Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 261ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN1-03789, HONORABLE MARGARET A. COOPER, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellee Louis Silverman, M.D., sued the City of Austin, appellant, under the Texas Tort Claims Act (“the Act”), see

Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. §§ 101.001

-.109 (West 2005 & Supp. 2008), alleging that he was injured in a fall on a downtown sidewalk. Silverman asserted a premises-defect claim and stated that the…