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· 5/11/1994

State v. Burris Ex Rel. Burris

Citations

  • 877 S.W.2d 298
  • 37 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 796
  • 1994 Tex. LEXIS 69
  • 1994 WL 178889

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “[a] fully operational motor vehicle[] making an illegal movement or momentarily stopped on a highway” was not a defect in the highway premises
  • holding stopped vehicle blocking highway not a premises defect
  • holding stopped vehicle blocking highway not a premises defect
  • premises and special defect theories cannot bypass the State's immunity for discretionary roadway design under section 101.056 of the Tort Claims Act.
  • “A fully operational motor vehicle, making an illegal movement or momentarily stopped on a highway, is neither a defect in the highway premises nor an excavation or obstruction or similar condition.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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