Watching a Competitive Sports Event Supersedes Protections Afforded by the Texas Recreational Use Statute

The Texas Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court and found that Texas’ recreational use statute, which provides immunity from liability for ordinary negligence to landowners and occupants who open their property for certain enumerated public recreational purposes, does not shield such defendants from a negligence claim by a spectator attending a competitive sports event.   Plaintiffs Sandra and Steve Williams had just finished watching their daughter play a high school soccer game at a