SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORP. v. Silva
Cases that cite this one
6 later published cases cite this decision.
- Wanda Kay Cohen v. Landry's, Inc., Landry's Crab Shack, Inc., and Landry's Seafood & Oyster Bar-Kemah, Inc. (Tex. App. 2014)
- Rebecca Dunn Grider v. Adam Naaman, M.D. (Tex. App. 2002)
- Theresa Felts, Individually and as Next Friend of Patrick Felts and Cody Felts v. Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Tex. App. 1998)
- Jamie Cross v. Martha and James Eugene Littlefield (Tex. App. 2016)
- Coleman v. Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, Inc. (Tex. App. 1998)
- Felts v. Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Tex. App. 1998)
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Opinion
Opinion
We deny Spohn’s application for writ of error because Spohn failed to present conclusive summary judgment proof that the attack in question occurred off its property. Since this was the only ground Spohn presented, summary judgment was improper on this record. However, we note the court of appeals held:
The very proximity of the curb upon which [Silva] was stabbed to [Spohn’s] property raises a factual issue as to [Spohn’s] power to control and expel third-party wrongdoers.
951 S.W.2d at 96. We disapprove of this holding and the opinion to the extent that it implies that under Texas law a person has control of non-owned premises merely because that person owns the adjacent property-
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