City of Corsicana v. Stewart

In this premise defect case, we determine whether claimants met their eviden-tiary burden of showing that a governmental entity had actual knowledge of a dangerous condition to establish a waiver of immunity under the Texas Tort Claims Act. Patrick Stewart Sr.’s car stalled while he was attempting to traverse a low-water crossing on Bunert Road, which was flooded due to heavy rains. Stewart left his children inside the car and went to seek help. When he returned, his car had been swept away, and his children drowned. Stewart and Sentria Whitfield (collectively Plaintiffs), individually and as…