J. Kent Holland, J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Summary judgment was granted and sustained on appeal for all defendants in this case where three employees of a contractor were injured when scaffolding failed under the weight of a concrete slab that was being poured. The...
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...
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...
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...
Connect