Alice M. Jones v. Teacher Retirement System of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that “[a] fact is ‘material’ if proof of its existence or non-existence would affect disposition of the case under applicable law”
• explaining that in deciding a motion for summary judgment, “courts must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party”
• explaining that Plaintiff failed to establish “actual notice” of the specific hazard where Plaintiff relied on an employee’s testimony that he knew about amore general hazard, but there was no testimony that an employee knew about the specific hazard at issue
• finding an expert’s report that a structural defect caused the plaintiff to trip and to fall was more than a scintilla of evidence such that granting a motion for summary judgment was erroneous
• crediting an expert report on stair conditions as containing “more than conclusory allegations”
• finding a genuine issue of material fact precluding summary judgment existed as to whether loose bricks had existed for a significant time prior to the plaintiff’s fall, thus providing the defendant property owner with constructive notice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).