Legal Opinion
Barron v. Texas Department of Transportation
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided July 20, 1994No. 10-94-025-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CUMMINGS, Justice.
Linda Barron appeals the granting of a motion for summary judgment in favor of the Texas Department of Transportation. We affirm.
On August 4,1990, Linda Barron was driving her 1989 Cadillac, following a pickup truck onto the Chambers Creek Bridge on Interstate 45 in Navarro County. The pickup truck veered to the left, revealing a stalled vehicle in the right lane. Barron swerved to miss the stalled vehicle, causing her vehicle to strike the guardrail along the bridge and fall into the creek below.
Barron sued the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation,…
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