Supreme Court of Texas

Evidence that a premises owner's employee was in close proximity to a dangerous condition right before plaintiff fell, is not legally sufficient to charge the premises owner with constructive notice, absent evidence demonstrating that the condition existed long enough that the premises owner had a reasonable opportunity to discover it.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/06/2002
• Decided 06/20/2002
• Published 06/20/2002

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kevin D. Jewell,Magenheim Bateman & Helfand, P.L.L.C., Steven Jon Knight, Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Martin, Jane M. N. Webre, Scott Douglass & McConnico, Austin, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin Knight, Roger Knight, Jr., Madisonville, Timothy F. Lee, Ware Snow Fogel & Jackson, LLP, Houston, for Respondent.