Texas Panel: Home’s Hurricane Damage Not Linked To Engineer’s Contractual Duties

Mealey's (August 29, 2022, 2:28 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — An engineer had no duty to ensure that a home was built to meet floodplain elevation regulations but possibly had a duty related to personal property in the home, despite failing to inspect construction after a foundation was laid in a home that was subsequently damaged by Hurricane Harvey, a Texas appellate panel found Aug. 23 in affirming one, and reversing another, of a trial court’s grants of summary judgment on a homeowning couples’ negligence and gross negligence claims....