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FIRST TEXAS BANK v. CARPENTER

No. 15-0172.

491 S.W.3d 729 (2016)

FIRST TEXAS BANK, Petitioner, v. Chris CARPENTER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: June 10, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Wilson Shirley III , Jessica Marcoux Hall , Savrick Schumann Johnson McGarr Kaminski Shirley , Austin TX, for Petitioner.

N. West Short , West Short & Associates, Georgetown TX, Tracia Y. Lee , Tracia Y. Lee, PLLC, Austin TX, for Respondent.

Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code limits a property owner's liability for injuries to a contractor "who constructs, repairs, renovates, or modifies an improvement to real property".1 The court of appeals held that a person cannot be a contractor...

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