Jonathan Crotty | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s multiemployer worksite doctrine, a company can be cited for safety violations that it did not create and for hazards to which its own employees were never exposed. The doctrine is used most often in the construction industry, where a general… Continue reading Eleventh Circuit Says General Contractor Was Responsible for Subcontractor’s Safety Practices
Category: Personal Injury
Holding General Contractors Liable for Construction Work Accidents
Jonathan Rosenfeld | Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers If you are a Chicago construction worker, then you probably cannot sue your boss for injuries you sustain on the job. Yet, if someone else caused the accident, including the general contractor, then you may be able to sue them for financial compensation. We can work with you to… Continue reading Holding General Contractors Liable for Construction Work Accidents
Be Prepared When Accidents Strike
Clark Samuelson | Framing Issues If you work in the construction industry, there’s a good chance that you have heard a heartbreaking story about an accident that occurred at a construction site which resulted in serious injury or death to one or more construction worker(s). Unfortunately, these accidents are a reality in the construction world… Continue reading Be Prepared When Accidents Strike
Can a Subcontractor Employee File a Personal Injury Lawsuit Against the General Contractor?
Jonathan Rosenfeld | Rosenfeld The general rule in Illinois is that workers’ compensation is an injured employee’s sole remedy for workplace injuries unless certain very limited exceptions apply. 820 ILCS 305/5 states that there is no right to recover for these injuries or death “other than the compensation herein provided.” Of course, the compensation that the statute… Continue reading Can a Subcontractor Employee File a Personal Injury Lawsuit Against the General Contractor?
A Win for Policyholders: California Court of Appeals Applies Vertical Exhaustion for Continuous Injury Claims
Celia B. Waters | Saxe Doernberger & Vita Fresh off the heels of the California Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Montrose Chemical Corp. v. Super. Ct. of L.A. Cty. (“Montrose III”),1 policyholders scored another victory as another California court rejected horizontal exhaustion in the context of continuous injury cases. The Court of Appeal of the State of… Continue reading A Win for Policyholders: California Court of Appeals Applies Vertical Exhaustion for Continuous Injury Claims