Chapter 9, Problem 3TS

Summary Introduction

Case summary:

Contracted person R J. C. Surge Service, a temporary plumber company, to fix a halt along her house's sewer pipe. The "snake" gadget of the plumbing service, used to clear the line driving to the most drain, was trapped in the underground pipe. The firm excavated a portion of the sewer line into the terrace of Person R to drain it. The business finds this inside the handle various spills in a corroded, flawed water pipe that ran parallel with the sewer line. To follow open directions, it was appropriate to repair the water pipe, of a kind not endorsed for such benefit, either at that point or later, when the yard would be exhumed again. The plumbing company continued the repair of the water drain. While Richardson reviewed the day-to-day work of the company and voiced no concern at the additional work involved in the supplanting of the water pipe, she refused payment of any portion of the entire charge after the company completed the entire operation. J. C. Surge Company sued Person R

For the labour and fabric costs, it had outfitted.

To discuss: The reason if anything should person R be liable.