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A Case in How to Delegate and Avoid Landowner Liability for Contractor Employees

In a case of first impression in Washington, the Washington State Supreme Court held that a landowner may satisfy its duty to guard an invitee “against known or obvious dangers on the premises by delegating the duty of...more

Goldberg Segalla

Summary Judgment Granted as Premises Owner Did Not Owe a Duty to Independent Contractor’s Employee

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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, February 15, 2022 - In this asbestos action, Carl Gay alleged that he developed mesothelioma after a forty-year career. From 1974 until 1976, Gay worked as a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Supreme Court Declines to Expand Landowners' Obligation to Ensure Safety of Contractors

Subject to two exceptions discussed later, under California law a landowner is not liable to an independent contractor who is injured due to safety issues on the jobsite. In a recent case, Gonzalez v. Mathis, the California...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Under Privette Doctrine, A Landowner Delegates All Responsibility For Workplace Safety to its Independent Contractor, and...

In Gonzalez v. Mathis (2021 WL 3671594) (“Gonzalez”), the Supreme Court of California held that a landowner generally owes no duty to an independent contractor or its workers to remedy or adopt other measures to protect them...more

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Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Based On North Carolina Independent Contractor Exception

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The Fourth Circuit recently held that a premises owner in an asbestos case was not liable to a pipefitter based on insufficient evidence of exposure and the independent contractor exception to landowner liability...more

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