Court dismisses claim that contractor must manually dig where underground cables were hidden on geodetic map.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court dismissed the plaintiff's claim against the contractor for damages caused by excavation. The plaintiff argued the contractor should have manually dug to find hidden underground cables, but the geodetic map provided did not reveal their existence. The court ruled that since the map failed to disclose the cables, the contractor was not obligated to perform manual digging to locate them.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedGeodetic map; duty of care: The court held that a contractor is not obligated to perform manual digging to locate underground utilities when the official geodetic map provided does not disclose their existence.
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Na sprawcy szkody nie ciążył obowiązek wykonania "ręcznych" wykopów, skoro na mapie geodezyjnej, którą dysponował nie ujawniono istnienia podziemnych przewodów.