CAPPADONNA ELEC. MANAGEMENT v. CAMERON COUNTY

Nos. 13-05-165-CV, 13-04-578-CV.

180 S.W.3d 364 (2005)

CAPPADONNA ELECTRICAL MANAGEMENT, Metro Electric, Durrant Architect, Inc., J-III Concrete Company, Inc., Commercial Roofing Systems, et al., Appellants, v. CAMERON COUNTY, Appellee. In re Cappadonna Electrical Management, et al.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

December 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Watkins Squires, David P. Benjamin, Brent A. Biggs, O'Connell & Benjamin, Ricardo R. Reyna, Thomas A. Mailloux, John A. Guerra, Robert A. Pollom, Brock & Person, PC, K. Blake Coffee, Shelton & Valadez, Nissa M. Dunn, Crofts & Callaway, San Antonio, Clay E. Coalson, Donnell, Abernethy & Kieschnick, PC, Lawrence A. Coffey, Frank E. Weathered, Dunn & Weathered, Corpus Christi, Fred L. Shuchart, M. Lane Lowrey, Jessica Moore, Johnson, Ferguson, Pipkin & Phillips, Martin S. Schexnayder, Steve Sonsik Hwang, Houston, Joe Gamez, Donnell, Aberneth & Kieschnick, PC, Keith C. Livesay, Liza Michelle Vasquez, Roerig Olivera & Fisher, LLP, Gary R, Gurwitz, Daniel G. Gurwitz, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, Miguel Salinas, Ewing Edben Sikes III, Royston, Razor, Vickery & Williams, Brownsville, Noe Reyes, Robert Moran, R.E. Lopez, Jr., Lopez Peterson, PLLC, Rene Carlo Benavides, Laredo, Craig A. Nevelow, Lisa M. Doering, Wright & Greenhill, P.C., Richard Ellis, III, Timothy B. Poteet, Austin, Moises R. Hernandez, Hernandez Law firm, Edinburg, Roger C. Davie, Ray, Valdez, McChristian & Jeans, El Paso, Cindy A. Garcia, The Garcia Law Firm, P.C., Jaime Balli, Harlingen, for appellants.

Benigno Trey Martinez, Martinez, Barrera & Martinez, Brownsville, Jane M.N. Webre, Scott, Douglass McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, for appellee.

John E. Pipkin, Johnson, Ferguson, Pipkin & Phillips, Houston, for Landmark Organization.

Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices HINOJOSA and GARZA.


OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice VALDEZ.

This dispute originally arose between Cameron County and Landmark Organization, L.P., a general construction contractor, in connection with damages allegedly sustained by the County following the construction of a new county jail complex. Cameron County, when filing suit against Landmark, also sued various subcontractors ("the Subcontractors")1 under claims of negligence, negligence per...

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