Mar. 6, 2019
Liability for injuries to employees of an independent contractor
As every law student and lawyer knows, while there are the rules, there are the exceptions to the rules, and then there are the exceptions to the exceptions to the rule, and so on.
Garret D. Murai
Partner
Nomos LLP
Garret is the editor of the California Construction Law Blog at www.calconstructionlawblog.com.
CONSTRUCTION CORNER
The Privette doctrine, like many legal doctrines, derives its name from the court case from which the doctrine was first elucidated, Privette v. Superior Court (1993). In Privette, the California Supreme Court held that a higher-tiered party is not liable for injuries sustained by employees of a lower-tiered party un...
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