· 12/12/2013
Pedro Gonzalez & Maria Gomez v. Vatr Construction LLC & All American Roofing & Construction
Citations
- 418 S.W.3d 777
- 2013 WL 6504813
- 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 15056
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding general contractor owed no duty to injured employee of subcontractor based on third-party contracts multiple levels removed from employee that provided that general contractor retained no responsibility for subcontractors’ work
- “General supervisory control that does not relate to the activity causing the injury is not sufficient to create a duty.”
- “The failure to provide appropriate record citations or a substantive analysis waives an appellate issue.”
- “[I]t is well-established that regulations promulgated under the OSHA statute neither create an implied cause of action nor establish negligence per se.”
- “General supervisory control that does not relate to the activity causing the injury is not sufficient to create a duty.”
- “[M]erely exercising or retaining a general right to recommend a safe manner for the independent contractor’s employees to perform their work is not enough to subject a premises owner to liability.”
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Judges: Fitzgerald, Lang-Miers, Myers
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