(DOWNLOAD) "Koch Refining Company v. Chapa" by Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Koch Refining Company v. Chapa
- Author : Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 16, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
Description
The issue in this case is whether a premises owner, merely by placing a safety employee on the work site, incurs a duty to an independent contractors employees to intervene and ensure that they safely perform their work. Koch Refining Co. hired H & S Constructors, Inc., as an independent contractor to perform pipe-fitting operations at its plant. H & S hired Juan Chapa from an employee-leasing company. Chapa sustained an injury when a co-worker who was helping Chapa move a pipe unexpectedly lost his footing. Chapa testified that, before the accident, he questioned his H & S supervisor about the safety of the manner in which the pipe was to be lifted. Chapa further testified that he hoped that the Koch safety employee, who was standing nearby, would overhear the conversation and instruct Chapa to move the pipe in a different manner.