Texas Supreme Court, 1997

SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORP. v. Silva

SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORP. v. Silva
Texas Supreme Court · Decided December 4, 1997 · Hankinson
960 S.W.2d 654; 41 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 149; 1997 Tex. LEXIS 120; 1997 WL 751567 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORP. v. Silva

Opinion

Opinion

Per Curiam

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-

HANKINSON, J., not sitting.

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