Texas Supreme Court

City of Grapevine, Petitioner v. Gerri Roberts and Keith Roberts, Respondents

June 6, 199740 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 623

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the cracked and crumbling sidewalk step was an ordinary premise defect, not a special defect, and therefore affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment for the City. The Court disapproved the Court of Appeals’ holding that the step was a special defect.