Brocken v. Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.
In this personal injury case, we must decide whether the trial court properly granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. We affirm the summary judgment granted to Cooper Power Systems, Inc., (“Cooper”), and hold that the plaintiffs failed to produce evidence that Cooper breached any duty to provide warnings or instructions regarding Cooper’s product. Plaintiffs also failed to show that Entergy Gulf States, Inc., (“En-tergy”), the owner of the electric lines, had actual knowledge of the dangerous activity conducted on its premises by North Houston Pole…
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