Corbin v. City of Keller

OPINION

JOHN CAYCE, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether a low-water crossing submerged by flood waters constitutes a special defect under the Texas Tort Claims Act (hereinafter “the Act”). 1 Appellants Barbara Corbin, Linda Aslason, and Elaine Dillon appeal from a summary judgment that dismissed on immunity grounds their wrongful death suit against the City of Keller, Tarrant County, Texas for the drowning death of their mother, Mary Loworn. Appellants contend that the flooded condition of the low-water crossing where Mary drowned was a special defect and that, as a…