General Contractor Owed No Duty of Care to Subcontractor's Employee

A divided Texas appellate court ruled that the general contractor on a construction project had no duty to protect a subcontractor's employee from an injury caused by his coworker. Case: Joeris General Contractors v. Cumpian, No. 04-15-00481-CV, 12/21/2016, published. Facts: The Northside Independent School District hired Joeris General Contractors to build a middle school. Joeris then contracted with Leal Welding & Erection to do the steelwork for the project. Rolando Cumpian worked for Leal. He suffered a crush injury when a co-employee operating a forklift accidentally dropped a...