City of Grapevine v. Roberts

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a partially cracked and crumbled sidewalk was not a special defect
• concluding that sidewalk step was not special defect because “the essential structure of the steps leading from the sidewalk to the street was not impaired” and, “[i]nstead, only portions of the lowest step showed some cracking and crumbling”
• finding that a particular defect on a stairway was not a special defect
• noting, in denying writ, that a cracked and crumbling step was not a special defect
• examples of special defects stated in statute are not exclusive and such defects should be construed to include defects of same kind or class as those mentioned in statute
• partially cracked and crumbled sidewalk step was not a special defect

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).