Engineering Service Not Liable for Worker's Death

A Texas appellate court ruled that an engineering service provider should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a lawsuit over a worker who died while attempting to rescue a colleague who had fallen into a sewer pipe. Case: LJA Engineering Inc. v. Santos, No. 4-21-00131-CV, 09/01/2022, published. Facts: LJA Engineering Inc. contracted with the City of Sour Lake to provide engineering services for a sanitary sewer rehabilitation project. Manuel Molina worked for Kellen Environmental. He was among a group of Kellen employees who worked on the Sour Lake sewer project. After the w...