Texas Supreme Court· 5/1/2009
Denton County v. Beynon
Citations
- 283 S.W.3d 329
- 52 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 710
- 2009 Tex. LEXIS 249
- 2009 WL 1165302
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- holding that floodgate arm located off the road did not pose threat to ordinary users of road
- holding that floodgate arm located off the road did not pose threat to ordinary users of road
- holding that a 17-foot floodgate arm located 3 feet off a two- lane rural roadway, which was unsecured and wrongly facing traffic, was not a special defect
- holding that floodgate arm into which motorist collided after losing control, located approximately three feet off roadway, is not a special defect because it did not present a threat in the normal course of travel on the road
- noting that “a court cannot ‘classify as “special” a defect that is not like an excavation or obstruction on a roadway.’ ”
- noting that the supreme court’s special-defect jurisprudence turns on the objective expectations of an “ordinary user” who follows the “normal course of travel”
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Judges: Willett, Hecht, Wainwright, Brister, Green, Johnson, O'Neill, Jefferson, Medina
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75 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- The University of Texas at Austin v. HayesTexas Supreme Court· 2010-12-03· cited 165×
- Texas Department of Transportation v. YorkTexas Supreme Court· 2009-05-22· cited 76×
- Reyes v. City of LaredoTexas Supreme Court· 2010-12-03· cited 74×
- Texas Department of Transportation v. PerchesTexas Supreme Court· 2012-11-16· cited 42×
- Tarrant Regional Water District v. Richard Johnson and Sharkara Johnson, Individually and as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Brandy JohnsonTexas Supreme Court· 2019-04-12· cited 38×
- City of Westworth Village, Texas v. City of White Settlement, TexasTex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2018-08-09· cited 27×
- City of Weston v. GaudetteTex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2009-05-13· cited 22×
- Brazoria County v. Van GelderTex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-08· cited 22×
- City of Wylie v. TaylorTex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2012-03-22· cited 18×
- City of Dallas v. HughesTex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-06-14· cited 17×
- Tex. Facilities Comm'n v. SpeerCourt of Appeals of Texas· 2018-08-31· cited 9×
- CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS v. FriendTex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2011-03-31· cited 8×
- Tex. Dep't of Transp. v. RamirezCourt of Appeals of Texas· 2018-08-08· cited 7×
- City of Houston v. KIJU JOHTex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-02-02· cited 6×
- City of League City v. Christobelle Leblanc and Stanford LeblancCourt of Appeals of Texas· 2015-05-07· cited 5×
- the City of Socorro v. Enrique Hernandez and David MaldonadoTex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2015-09-02· cited 5×
- Wardlaw v. Texas Department of TransportationTex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2009-11-25· cited 4×
- Hanna v. IMPACT RECOVERY SYSTEMS, INC.Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2009-08-27· cited 3×
- Texas Department of Transportation v. PerchesTex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2011-03-24· cited 3×
- Texas Department of Transportation v. Teresa Renee Abila LopezTex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2014-05-22· cited 3×
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. PayneTexas Supreme Court· 1992-12-22· cited 1,108×
- Kerrville State Hospital v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 297×
- County of Harris v. EatonTexas Supreme Court· 1978-10-11· cited 225×
- State v. RodriguezTexas Supreme Court· 1999-01-07· cited 152×
- State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. KitchenTexas Supreme Court· 1993-12-08· cited 96×
- City of Grapevine v. RobertsTexas Supreme Court· 1997-06-06· cited 95×
- City of Dallas v. ReedTexas Supreme Court· 2008-05-16· cited 91×
- Harris County v. SmokerTex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-11-21· cited 65×
- Morse v. StateTex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1995-09-29· cited 57×
- Harris County v. Estate of CicciaTex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-01-16· cited 26×
- City of Dallas v. GiraldoTex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2008-10-01· cited 17×
- Denton County v. BeynonCourt of Appeals of Texas· 2007-11-29· cited 5×
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