CITY OF HOUSTON v. MATTHEWS

No. 17653.

605 S.W.2d 628 (1980)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant, v. Pauline MATTHEWS et vir, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied August 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Collie, Jr., City Atty., City of Houston, R. Burton Ballanfant, Senior Asst. City Atty., Houston, for appellant.

Aldrich & Buttrill, Gerald H. Buttrill, Houston, for appellees.

Before COLEMAN, C. J., and DOYLE and WALLACE, JJ.


DOYLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages to Pauline Matthews for serious personal injuries she sustained when she fell on a sidewalk located in the City of Houston adjacent to a bus stop she planned to use for boarding a bus. The City argues that under the trial court's instruction it was required to exercise a high degree of care in maintaining the bus stop, where the law only required the use of ordinary care.

We reverse and remand...

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