Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog First things first. Happy New Year! Hope you had a good one. To start things off in the new year we’ve got an employment-related case for you – Gonzalez v. Mathis, 12 Cal.5th 29 (2021) – a California Supreme Court case involving the Privette Doctrine. For those not familiar… Continue reading California Supreme Court Declines Request to Expand Exceptions to Privette Doctrine for Known Hazards
Category: Personal Injury
A Guide to Evaluating Snow & Ice Cases
Nicholas P. Hurzeler | Lewis Brisbois New York, N.Y. (November 9, 2021) – As the winter season nears, defendant property owners are reminded that New York law imposes liability for sidewalk accidents resulting from slip and falls on snow and ice. Within the City of New York, Administrative Code § 7-210 imposes liability on the owners… Continue reading A Guide to Evaluating Snow & Ice Cases
Who’s on First? Washington State Employer Liability at the Worksite for Safety Violations
Brian Esler and Rebecca Schach | Miller Nash The Washington Supreme Court handed down a new framework last week on an employer’s responsibility at the worksite for health and safety violations. The Tradesmen decision results from two separate lawsuits involving different industries in which staffing agencies—defendants Tradesmen and Laborworks—placed temporary workers with host employers. In both cases, the… Continue reading Who’s on First? Washington State Employer Liability at the Worksite for Safety Violations
What Should Slip and Fall Accident Victims do to Prove Liability in their Case?
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley Slip and fall accidents in Florida are complicated and fact-dependent. Put another way, slip and fall accidents depend heavily on the actual facts of the claim. All such claims are different and unique in their own specific ways. Further compounding the issue is the complexity of the laws in… Continue reading What Should Slip and Fall Accident Victims do to Prove Liability in their Case?
Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Answer Six Common Questions Asked About Slip and Fall Lawsuits
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley Slip and fall accidents in Florida depend primarily on the facts of a claim and can become very complex very quickly. Because of this, slip and fall claims are all unique in their own ways, and there are no “templates” for successfully establishing such claims. Read on as the… Continue reading Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Answer Six Common Questions Asked About Slip and Fall Lawsuits