Hoechst Celanese Corp. v. Mendez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that general contractor had control over safety issues when it promulgated specific safety procedures and required subcontractors to follow them
• holding that duty of care under section 414 arises only where retained right of control is more than general or supervisory
• holding that general contractor had control over safety issues when it promulgated specific safety procedures and required subcontractors to follow them
• holding that duty of care under section 414 arises only where retained right of control is more than general or supervisory
• holding employer who is aware independent contractor routinely ignores apphcable federal guidelines and company policies related to safety may owe duty to require corrective measures or cancel contract
• holding defendant’s insistence that independent contractor observe and comply with federal laws, safety guidelines and standard safety precautions did not impose unqualified duty of care to ensure contractor’s employees did nothing unsafe

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

132 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. v. Harrison
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-04-15· cited 754×
• Kelley-Coppedge, Inc. v. Highlands Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-12-31· cited 470×
• Elliott-Williams Co., Inc. v. Diaz
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-12-16· cited 351×
• Shell Oil Co. v. Khan
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-06-11· cited 218×
• Koch Refining Co. v. Chapa
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-03-09· cited 206×
• General Electric Co. v. Moritz
  Texas Supreme Court· 2008-06-13· cited 178×
• Arsement v. Spinnaker Exploration Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-02-10· cited 81×
• Pedro Gonzalez & Maria Gomez v. Vatr Construction LLC & All American Roofing & Construction
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-12-12· cited 68×
• Ellwood Texas Forge Corp. v. Jones
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-01-09· cited 62×
• Wallace v. Simpson Pasadena Paper Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-11-24· cited 51×
• Hagins v. E-Z Mart Stores, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2004-02-06· cited 46×
• Perez v. Embree Construction Group, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-06-27· cited 45×
• Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. v. Harrison
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1999-07-08· cited 39×
• Holloway v. Texas Electric Utility Construction, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2009-03-25· cited 37×
• Dow Chemical Co. v. Bright
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-10-17· cited 33×
• Moss v. WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-13· cited 33×
• Victoria Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Williams
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2003-01-15· cited 27×
• Johnson v. Scott Fetzer Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-01-29· cited 27×
• Coastal Corp. v. Torres
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2004-05-27· cited 26×
• Abarca v. Scott Morgan Residential, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-11-19· cited 25×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Redinger v. Living, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-08· cited 503×
• Clayton W. Williams, Jr., Inc. v. Olivo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-10-02· cited 376×
• Abalos v. Oil Development Co. of Texas
  Texas Supreme Court· 1976-11-24· cited 296×
• Exxon Corp. v. Tidwell
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-12-08· cited 288×
• Enserch Corp. v. Parker
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-09-06· cited 285×
• Welch v. McDougal
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1994-05-12· cited 150×
• Henry Tovar v. Amarillo Oil Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-06-26· cited 55×
• Campbell v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1997-05-22· cited 15×
• Good v. Dow Chemical Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1997-05-08· cited 15×
• Davis v. R. Sanders & Associates Custom Builders, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1995-01-18· cited 14×