Can contractors sue property owners for personal injury when they are injured by the same object they were hired to repair? Please read this entry to learn how a recent El Paso, Texas, case interpreting Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code may...
Month: September 2013
The Unlawful Acts Doctrine has been Struck Down by the Texas Supreme Court
In Geoffrey Dugger v. Mary Ann Arredondo, 2013 WL 4608741 (Tex. 2013), the Texas Supreme Court considered the viability of the common law "Unlawful Acts Doctrine" as an affirmative defense in a wrongful death lawsuit, in light of Texas' proportionate responsibility...