Case Name: SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION d/b/a Spohn Hospital, Petitioner, v. Herlinda SILVA, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1997-12-04
Citations: 960 S.W.2d 654
Docket Number: No. 97-0848
Parties: SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION d/b/a Spohn Hospital, Petitioner, v. Herlinda SILVA, Respondent.
Judges: HANKINSON, J., not sitting.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 960
Pages: 654–654

Head Matter:
SPOHN HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION d/b/a Spohn Hospital, Petitioner, v. Herlinda SILVA, Respondent.
No. 97-0848.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Dec. 4, 1997.
Carlos A, Mattioli, Corpus Christi, for Petitioner.
Jerry Joel Trevino, Thomas M. Schumacher, Corpus Christi, for Respondent.

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.