Sarmiento v. Stubblefield's Custom Concrete, Inc.

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

The trial court directed a verdict for defendant Stubblefield’s Custom Concrete, Inc., in plaintiff Ismael Sarmiento’s action for injuries suffered in a construction accident. The trial court ruled that Stubblefield’s, a subcontractor, owed no duty to Sarmiento, another subcontractor’s employee. We reverse because Stubblefield’s owed Sarmiento the duty to perform its work in a manner that did not create an unreasonable risk of injury to other subcontractors’ employees.

I. FACTS

Stubblefield’s, a concrete subcontractor, poured a concrete slab floor at a relatively early stage…