Legal Opinion
Romero v. Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided July 21, 1994No. 08-93-00197-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOEHLER, Justice.
In this summary judgment case, the primary question is whether an engineering firm employed by the City of El Paso to provide engineering services in connection with the construction of a Public Service Board sewage treatment plant, owed a duty to an employee of a masonry subcontractor, who fell through a hole in the roof of the plant and was injured. The trial court concluded that no duty was owed and granted summary judgment. We affirm.
RELEVANT FACTS
In August 1988, the City of El Paso through its Public Service Board awarded a contract to M.A. Mortenson Company…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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