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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Kitchen.

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1 State Department of Highways & Public Transportation v. Kitchen Anchor
tex · 1993
green “an unexpected and unusual danger to ordinary users of roadways.” 9
2 State v. Burris Ex Rel. Burris
tex · 1994
green “a fully operational motor vehicle, making an illegal movement or momentarily stopped on a highway, is neither a defect in the highway premises nor an excavation or obstruction or similar condition.” 4
3 City of Dallas v. Reed
tex · 2008
green “the legal distinction between a premises and special defect lies in the duty owed by the state to the person injured.” 3
4 Hall v. Sonic Drive-In of Angleton, Inc.
texapp · 2005
green “it is important to note that reasonableness determinations such as the one here are fact-intensive inquiries and, as such, are issues well-suited for a jury's determination.” 3

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