by Kent Holland | Jan 4, 2024 | Newsletter Article
A worker fell from a scissor lift while installing glass panels. He failed to latch a chain that was designed to guard the lift entrance. The suit alleged product defect and also alleged that a warning label on the equipment was too far from the edge of the...
by Kent Holland | Dec 29, 2020 | Newsletter Article
A highway contractor controlling traffic on a road on which it is performing construction owes a duty of care to a motorist who was rear-ended when forced to stop behind a car that wasn’t able to turn left at an intersection where traffic was backed up and stopped due...
by Kent Holland | Jun 16, 2017 | Newsletter Article
By: David B. Vornehm, Esq., and Sean T. Devenney, Esq. Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP When it comes to determining who is responsible for jobsite safety, CONTRACTS ARE IMPORTANT. That is the “take-home lesson” from the recent Indiana Supreme Court decision in Michael...
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...
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