Wilson v. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

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• holding that, under a premises-liability theory, negligence duty is owed by person who owns, occupies, or controls the premises where the injury occurred
• recognizing plaintiff in premises liability case must prove that defendant possessed—that is, owned, occupied, or controlled— premises where injury occurred
• declining to remand issue regarding whether appellee controlled river conditions where no evidence of control was offered because remand “would be improper and, it appears, futile”
• plaintiffs sued wrong agency; liability cannot attach without proof that named agency exercised control over premises
• “As a rule, to prevail on a premises liability claim a plaintiff must prove that the defendant possessed—that is, owned, occupied, or controlled—the premises where injury occurred.”
• “As a rule, to prevail on a premises liability claim a plaintiff must prove that the defendant possessed—that is, owned, occupied, or controlled—the premises where the injury occurred.”

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