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COASTAL MARINE SERVICE OF TEXAS v. LAWRENCE

No. 98-0287.

988 S.W.2d 223 (1999)

COASTAL MARINE SERVICE OF TEXAS, INCORPORATED, Petitioner, v. Martha LAWRENCE, individually and as dependent administratrix of The Estate of John Ray Lawrence, deceased and John Roy Lawrence, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled April 29, 1999.

PER CURIAM.

The issue in this case is whether an independent contractor's willingness to follow a premises owner's instructions, though no such instructions were given, is legally sufficient evidence of the premises owner's "right to control" in a premises liability case. The court of appeals held that it was.1 We hold that it was not.

On September 20, 1994, John Ray Lawrence, an employee...

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