Hyatt Cheek Builders-Engineers Co. v. Board of Regents

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This suit arose out of a contract for the construction of the Callier Center for Speech and Hearing in Dallas, Texas, an independent organization when the contract was signed, but which later became a part of the University of Texas at Dallas. The appellant, Hyatt Cheek Builders-Engineers Company, was the general contractor for the project and it engaged Appellee Burden Brothers, Inc. as subcontractor to do the plumbing and other mechanical work. After the building was completed, one of the water mains leading to the building ruptured, causing extensive flooding and…