General Contractor on Highway Project Has No Duty to Prospective Motorists to Rectify Unsafe Condition or Warn of Unsafe Condition Where It Followed the Design Specifications and Work was Approved by Engineer and owner
ConstructionRisk.com Report Vol. #14, Issue #3
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Duty to Warn,Site Safety,Specifications
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In a wrongful death lawsuit against a general contractor for the death of an individual whose car slid into a river from a highway on which the contractor had completed work seven months earlier, the plaintiff argued a premises defect theory of liability against the contractor based on a fifteen-foot gap between the end of [...]
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Project Owner not Liable for Site Safety
Duty to Warn,Site Safety
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Under Texas law, a property owner had no liability for the injuries sustained by a laborer employed by the contractor since the owner did not retain any control over the manner in which the work was performed, and it had no actual knowledge of the danger or condition that resulted in the laborer being injured. [...]
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Insurer and Environmental Consultant Have No Duty to Warn of Mold
ConstructionRisk.com Report Vol. #12, Issue #1
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Duty to Warn,Environmental Conditions,Mold,Negligence
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A tornado tore the roof of Haney’s house. Haney hired a contractor to repair the damage and filed a claim for damages with his homeowner’s insurer. Before the repairs were completed, rains further damaged the house. The insurer, Fire Insurance Exchange (FIE), hired an environmental consultant to perform an environmental study. The findings by the [...]
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