by Kent Holland | Mar 26, 2019 | Newsletter Article
Although contract between the general contractor (GC) and project owner required the contractor to assume supervisory and safety responsibility over the project, the contract also required the GC to require its subcontractors to assume the same responsibilities for...
by Kent Holland | Jan 21, 2019 | Newsletter Article
A safety consultant retained by a California employer owes a duty of care to its client’s workers. The trial court incorrectly granted summary judgment on the ground that the consultant owed no duty of care because its allegedly negligent omissions were not...
by Kent Holland | Jun 25, 2018 | Newsletter Article
OSHA fined a general contractor (GC) for violations committed by its subcontractor related to an accident at a construction worksite where two roofers fell over twenty feet and sustained serious injuries when a spruce board used for scaffolding snapped in half. OSHA...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2018 | Newsletter Article
A crane operator that sustained injuries when his crane tipped over filed a professional negligence claim against an engineering firm. The complaint was filed two days before the running of the statute of limitations and failed to include a certificate of merit that...
by Kent Holland | Jan 2, 2018 | Newsletter Article
When a subcontractor employee was injured by being struck by pieces of concrete that unexpectedly shot out of a concrete pumping hose, he sued the project construction manager (CM) who had subcontracted the concrete work. Tutor Perini was serving as CM at risk and...
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