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 | Sep 6, 2016 | Newsletter Article
By: J. Kent Holland ConstructionRisk, LLC The U.S. Federal District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a suit by a general contractor’s employee against a construction subcontractor who was engaged in the general contractor’s trade, business and occupation....
by Kent Holland | Feb 10, 2016 | Newsletter Article
J. Kent Holland, J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Summary judgment was granted and sustained on appeal for all defendants in this case where three employees of a contractor were injured when scaffolding failed under the weight of a concrete slab that was being poured. The...
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...
by Kent Holland | Nov 27, 2012 | Newsletter Article
Where an employee of a contractor was injured in the collapse of an unshored 25 foot deep trench, he filed suit against his employer – asserting that the exclusive remedy of the workers’ compensation act did not bar the suit due to the exception that is granted under...
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