Temp Employee Can Proceed With Premises Liability Suit Against City

A Texas appellate court last week ruled that a temporary employee can proceed with a premises liability suit against the municipality that had contracted for her services. The case was City of Corpus Christi v. Muller. Marie Muller worked for a temporary staffing agency that assigned her to the city. On the morning of Oct. 13, 2015, she stepped into a pothole and fell while crossing a city hall parking lot as she was walking to work. Muller sued the city under a premises liability theory, as is permitted by the Texas Tort Claims Act. The act waives governmental immunity for personal in...