Hospital Has No Liability for Electric Shock Injury

A Texas appellate court ruled that a hospital could not be held liable for a contractor’s injury from an electric shock while working on the property’s breaker box. Case: Hernandez v. Driscoll Children’s Hospital, No. 13-17-00446-CV, 08/15/2019, published. Facts: The Driscoll Children’s Hospital hired J.R. Electric to install a magnetic resonance imaging scanner. Homer Hernandez worked for J.R. and suffered electric shock injuries while working on a breaker box at the hospital. Procedural history: Hernandez filed suit against the hospital, asserting claims for n...