CITY OF EL PASO v. BERNAL

No. 98-0559.

986 S.W.2d 610 (1999)

CITY OF EL PASO, Petitioner, v. Francisca BERNAL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Gates, El Paso, for Petitioner.

L. Taylor Zimmerman, El Paso, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Francisca Bernal sued the City of El Paso for damages she sustained when she tripped on an abraded area of a city sidewalk and fell. The City moved for summary judgment, contending that the area where Bernal tripped was not a "special defect" within the meaning of Section 101.022(b) of the Tort Claims Act,1 that it had no knowledge of the condition of the sidewalk, and that without...

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