UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN v. AGUILAR

No. 07-0424.

251 S.W.3d 511 (2008)

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN, Petitioner, v. Tony AGUILAR and Kay Marie Aguilar, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Kamilla Lane Stokes, Assistant Attorney General, Rafael Edward Cruz, David S. Morales, Philip A. Lionberger, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin TX, for Petitioner.

Jerry L. Stapleton, Stapleton Curtis & Boswell, L.L.P., Harlingen, Francisco Enriquez, Law Offices of Frank Enriquez, McAllen TX, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

In this premises liability case, we must decide whether a workplace safety manual, warning of the dangers of obstructing office walkways with exposed electrical cords, is evidence of the defendant University's actual knowledge that a water hose lying across a sidewalk was an unreasonably dangerous condition. The court of appeals concluded that the University's safety manual was sufficient to create a fact issue about whether the University had actual knowledge...

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