CITY OF DALLAS v. MITCHELL

No. D-4311.

870 S.W.2d 21 (1994)

CITY OF DALLAS, Texas, Petitioner, v. Saundra Harris MITCHELL, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided February 2, 1994.

Rehearing Overruled March 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Medrano and Sam A. Lindsay, Dallas, for petitioner.

Kristina Bline, Burleson, for respondents.


Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all Justices join.

The only issue in this case is whether the recreational use statute in Tex.Civ.Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 75.002 applies to governmental entities. For the reasons stated below, we hold that it does not.

The Mitchells brought suit against the City of Dallas for injuries suffered by their minor son, Ashley Harris, when he fell from his bicycle into a creek bed in a public park...

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