CITY OF DENTON v. PAPER

No. 11-0596.

376 S.W.3d 762 (2012)

CITY OF DENTON, Petitioner v. Rachel PAPER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

August 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Avalon Whit Decurtis , Natalie Brooks Banuelos , W. Andrew Messer , Messer Campbell & Brady, LLP, Frisco, TX, for the City of Denton.

Curtis Clinesmith , Sharon Kathleen O'Brien Lowry , The Clinesmith Firm, Denton, TX, Dawn Marie Smith , Attorney at Law, Dallas, TX, for Rachel Paper.


PER CURIAM.

The Texas Tort Claims Act generally limits a governmental unit's potential liability for premise-liability damages by classifying the user of the government's real property as a licensee rather than an invitee. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE § 101.022(a). This limitation does not apply, however, when the government's duty to warn involves a special defect such as an excavation or obstruction on a highway, road, or street. Id. § 101.022...

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