Brad Vornholt and Joelle Nelson | Lewis Brisbois In Gonzalez v. Mathis (August 19, 2021) 12 Cal. 5th 29, the California Supreme Court considered whether to create a third exception to the Privette Doctrine specific to known hazards on a worksite, when a contractor cannot remedy the hazard by taking reasonable safety precautions to protect against it. Privette Background Under… Continue reading California Supreme Court Rejects Third Exception to Privette Doctrine
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Can Your Employee File a Personal Injury Claim if They’re Injured at Work?
Louis Patino | Construction Executive Construction accidents can happen to anyone. It’s common for employees to work at height, with machinery or alongside any number of potential hazards, so it’s no surprise that injury rates in construction are 71% higher compared to other industries. Anything from a ladder manufacturing defect to an unguarded ledge or… Continue reading Can Your Employee File a Personal Injury Claim if They’re Injured at Work?
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
Washington Supreme Court Confirms and Expands General Contractors’ Broad Duty to Provide a Safe Worksite
Ryan G. Foltz | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani Under well-established Washington legal authority, a general contractor has a nondelegable duty to ensure the safety of all workers on a jobsite. First, a general contractor has a general common law duty to maintain a safe workplace. Second, a general contractor has a specific statutory duty to… Continue reading Washington Supreme Court Confirms and Expands General Contractors’ Broad Duty to Provide a Safe Worksite