TORRES v. CITY OF WACO

No. 10-99-332-CV.

51 S.W.3d 814 (2001)

Deanna TORRES, Individually, and as Next Friend of Antoinette Chapa, A Minor, Appellant, v. CITY OF WACO and Sports Supply Group, Inc., d/b/a BSN Sports, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Overruling August 1 and 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Osburn, Robert H. Osburn, P.C., Dallas, James C. Baker, Roberts, Cunningham & Stripling, L.L.P., Dallas, for appellant.

Charles D. Olson, Alfred Mackenzie, Haley & Davis, P.C., Waco, Kent M. Adams, Ellen G. Reynard, Preston D. Hutson, Adams & Coffey, P.C., Beaumont, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE and Justice GRAY.


OPINION

DAVIS, Chief Justice.

Deanna Torres filed suit against the City of Waco (the "City") and Sports Supply Group, Inc., d/b/a BSN Sports ("BSN") for injuries her six-year-old daughter Antoinette Chapa sustained when a volleyball judge's stand manufactured by BSN fell on Chapa while in an after-school program operated by the City. Torres alleged in her original petition that the City is liable because of the negligence of its employees in connection with...

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