ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES, L.P. v. CUEVAS

No. 17-0925.

593 S.W.3d 307 (2019)

ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES, L.P., Petitioner, v. Evelyn CUEVAS, Individually and as Next Friend of C.C. and E.C., Minor Children, and on Behalf of the Estate of Angel Cuevas, Jr.; Melanie Molina, as Next Friend of B.C., a Minor; New Hampshire Insurance Co.; and Erika Messer, as Next Friend of K.C., a Minor, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: May 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Lamar Hardy , Manuel H. Hernandez , for Erika Messer, Respondent.

Alejandro Acosta, III , Victor Bieganowski , James F. Scherr , Jeffrey B. Pownell , for Melanie Molina, Respondent.

Darrell L. Barger , Nathan A. Winkler , Aaron J. Burke , Timothy R. George , David M. Gunn , for Endeavor Energy Resources, LP., Petitioner.

William W. Clifton, Jr. , for Acme Energy Services, Inc. d/b/a Big Dog Drilling, Other interested party.

Loren R. Smith , Julie Mayes Hamrick , for New Hampshire Insurance Company, Respondent.

Jeffrey B. Pownell , for Evelyn Cuevas, Respondent.


This appeal presents the issue of whether chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code applies to a contractor's employee's negligent-hiring claim against a property owner. Because we hold it does, and because the parties do not dispute that chapter 95 (if applicable) bars the claim, we...

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