City of El Paso v. Chacon

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• holding that defect on sidewalk directly abutting curb and street of “busy public thoroughfare” was related to street because “[a]ll pedestrians wishing to walk up or down that side of the street must use the sidewalk.”
• holding city waived immunity in suit by pedestrian who claimed hole in sidewalk was special defect where pedestrians were normal users of sidewalk
• “In the absence of a valid ordinance to the contrary, the owner or occupant of land abutting a public sidewalk does not owe a duty to the general public to keep the sidewalk in a safe condition.”
• a defect need not occur upon the road surface itself to constitute a special defect and a condition on a sidewalk can be a special defect; court held that utility pole hole located in sidewalk where a pedestrian would normally walk and not expect to encounter it was a special defect

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