PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY v. THOMAS

No. B14-84-355-CV.

684 S.W.2d 169 (1984)

PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY, Appellant, v. Sharlotte THOMAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

December 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Charles S. Black, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

Harold Lloyd; Law offices of Harold Lloyd, Houston, for appellee.

Before PAUL PRESSLER, ROBERTSON and ELLIS, JJ.


PAUL PRESSLER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a damages award of $100,000.

On the night of November 28, 1976, appellee fell into an excavation near a sidewalk on appellant's campus, where she was a student. She was severely burned by steam pipes and standing water at the bottom of the hole. Appellee brought suit under the Texas Tort Claims Act alleging that appellant, an agency of the State of Texas, was negligent in warning of the existence of the hole or...

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