General Electric Company, Petitioner v. Arthur Lee Moritz, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for General Electric, holding that GE owed no duty to warn independent‑contractor employee Arthur Moritz of the open‑and‑obvious lack of guard rails on its loading ramp, and that GE also lacked a negligent‑activity duty because it did not control how Moritz secured his load. The Court rejected the Court of Appeals’ reversal and declined to overrule Parker.