Gabbert v. City of Brownwood

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

I. Oren Gabbert and Texas Employers’ Insurance Association brought this suit against the City of Brownwood to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Gabbert as the result of alleged negligence of defendant. Gabbert, an employee of Banner Creameries, attempting to get into a truck of his employer, stopped at night on a state highway in the City of Brownwood, stepped into the open unguarded end of a culvert which had been constructed by the State Highway Department and fell several feet, sustaining injuries. Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, compensation…