Legal Question in Business Law in Texas

Re: inflatable moonwalk rental incident

Did you ask whether there were any underground lines that might be of risk when the homeowner told you where to place the unit? Did you say that a better place was where you initially thought it should be placed? If not, then the moonwalk company is probably responsible.

Re: inflatable moonwalk rental incident

If you had driven a three-foot stake, it clearly would be negligence to do so without making an advance inquiry about the location of pipes. Thus, it becomes a question of degree, and is a fact question as to whether your company was negligent. Ordinarily, one would not expect to find pipes buried so shallow, and you should be entitled to rely upon common sense every day understandings without being considered negligent. My initial reaction is that the fault lies with the owner or the party who laid the shallow pipe without marking it.