City of Corsicana v. Stewart

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• holding that circumstantial evidence establishes actual knowledge only if it supports that conclusion “either directly or through reasonable inference”
• holding that “actual knowledge” element of a premises defect cause of action requires knowledge that the dangerous condition existed at the time of the accident
• holding that “actual knowledge” element of a premises defect cause of action 20 requires knowledge that the dangerous condition existed at the time of the accident
• noting that a police officer’s report “describe[s] the City’s knowledge of the weather and road conditions after the accident occurred, not before”
• holding that the City retained immunity because no evidence showed that the City had actual knowledge of flooding at the time of the accident; the City’s awareness that the area flooded occasionally was insufficient
• explaining that city was immune from liability for discretionary decisions concerning expenditure of limited resources for safety of citizens

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).