by Kent Holland | May 22, 2017 | Newsletter Article
The Supreme Court of Mississippi affirmed a decision that we reported on last year in the case of McKean v. Yates Engineering, affirming that where a subcontractor’s employee was injured when scaffolding collapsed, the engineer working for the prime contractor was not...
by Kent Holland | May 22, 2017 | Newsletter Article
Where summary judgment had been granted against an undocumented immigrant from bringing a negligence claim against his employer, the state supreme court reversed that decision and held that the courts of the state are open to every person of the state regardless of...
by Kent Holland | Mar 30, 2017 | Newsletter Article
By Kent Holland A subcontractor’s employee suffered a horrible injury when removing an abandoned railroad bridge. After recovering almost $1.5 million in workers compensation, he sued the railroad company that had hired the prime contractor that hired the...
by Kent Holland | Mar 30, 2017 | Newsletter Article
By Kent Holland An employee of an independent contractor cannot generally recover damages from the one who hired the contractor for work-related injuries. One exception to this rule is where the hirer actually retained control of the work or otherwise caused or...
by Kent Holland | Aug 18, 2015 | Newsletter Article
Gail S. Kelley, P.E., J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Where the employee of a roofing subcontractor died after falling from the roof of a Walmart being constructed in Nebraska, Walmart was not liable for the worker’s death under any of the exceptions to the...
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