Nonsubscriber - Duty to Warn
Friday, June 30, 2006
Contributed by: Charles A. Mallard
Although an employer has a duty to use ordinary care in providing a safe workplace, it is not an insurer of it employees' safety.
An employer is under no obligation to provide training or equipment that is unnecessary to the job's safe performance, and an employer has no duty to warn employees of dangers or hazards that are commonly known and appreciated by all employees. Kroger Co. v. Elwood, 49 Tx. Sup. Ct. J. 623, -- S.W.3d --, 2006 WL 132198 (Tex. May 12, 2006)(per curiam).
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