On August 22, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that both
the trial court and the court of appeals improperly dismissed a property
owner's claim for negligence against a subcontractor for improper plumbing
installation in Chapman Custom Homes, Inc. v. Dallas Plumbing Company. The
Court reiterated that a subcontractor has an implied duty to perform with both
care and skill and that breach of this duty may result in liability to property
owners. The Court's ruling in this case makes it clear that a subcontractor may
be directly liable to a property owner even when the property owner and
subcontractor do not have a contractual relationship. [...]
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