Legal Opinion
City of Paris v. Floyd
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided October 26, 2004No. 06-03-00160-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Chief Justice MORRISS.
All agree that extraordinarily heavy rainfall overwhelmed part of the City of Paris sewer system under construction— and its lift station containing motor-driven pumps — near Bobby Floyd’s rental house occupied by tenants, Shawn and Amy Phil-pot. As a result, raw sewage flowed into the house, along with rainwater and silt.
Floyd sued L.C. Brown Construction and the City of Paris, alleging that an inadequately supervised Brown negligently failed to close its excavation and to install certain components in the system; that the City failed to properly…
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