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SIPES v. TEXAS DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 06-96-00105-CV.

949 S.W.2d 516 (1997)

Ricky SIPES and Jamie Sipes, Appellants, v. The TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Overruled July 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Supercinski, Longview, for appellants.

Michael Ratliff, Assistant Attorney General, Transportation Division, Austin, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and GRANT and ROSS, JJ.

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

Ricky and Jamie Sipes appeal from a directed verdict rendered in favor of the Texas Department of Transportation. The Sipeses base their premises liability claim upon the Texas Tort Claims Act.

The Sipeses complain that the trial court erred (1) in ruling as a matter of law that tall grass and weeds that obstruct a motorist's view of oncoming traffic constituted a regular premises defect and that the Sipeses failed to introduce...

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