Legal Opinion
Dunnings v. Castro
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided August 4, 1994No. 01-93-00091-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
O’CONNOR, Justice.
We deny Melinda Jean Castro’s motion for rehearing, but withdraw our original opinion and substitute this in its stead. This is an appeal from a summary judgment for the defendant. We reverse and remand.
Fact Summary
Turhan Dunnings, a mailman, was injured as he was attempting to deliver mail to Melinda Jean Castro’s home and was frightened by her dog, Leo’s Blue Cousin Elmo (Elmo, for short). Elmo, a five-year-old, 85-pound male Weimaraner, was tethered on an 18-foot plastic-coated wire in the front of Castro’s house. As Dunnings walked up the…
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