Vanderbeek v. San Jacinto

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  1. Texas Statute Bars Property Owner’s Liability for Injury to Independent Contractors

    K&L Gates LLPFebruary 7, 2008

    Vanderbeek v. San Jacinto Methodist Hosp., 246 S.W.3d 346 (Tex. App. 2008) A plumber working on a remodel project for San Jacinto Methodist Hospital cut and capped a drainage pipe from a sink in an adjacent room. Although he instructed a hospital employee that the sink was out of order and should not be used, hospital employees poured a drain cleaner into the sink when it wouldn’t drain.