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Hanson Bridgett

Taking Responsibility: Who’s At Fault? Lorenzo Court Says Everyone

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A recent court ruling raises questions and concerns over the scope of liability owners and contractors may face when a subcontractor's employee is involved in an off-site accident during the course of construction. ...more

Snell & Wilmer

No Longer Foreseeable? Cal-Am’s Impact for the Construction Industry

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Clarifying its case law, Arizona’s Supreme Court further limited when foreseeability can establish a duty for tort liability in its recent Cal-Am opinion. Key for contractors and design professionals, while the decision could...more

Porter Hedges LLP

The Texas Supreme Court Clarifies The Scope Of The General Contractor’s Duty Of Care To Subcontractor Employees

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In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court addressed the scope of the general contractor’s duty of care to its subcontractors’ employees on the project site. In JLB Builders, L.L.C. v. Hernandez, the Court upheld the trial...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida Courts Consider Control, Not Contractual Privity, for Negligence Claims Against Design Professionals - Construction and...

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Though many states require a contractor to hold a contract directly with a design professional to pursue a claim against a designer for design omissions or defects, a recent case confirms that, in Florida, contractual privity...more

Fisher Phillips

Employers Beware: Indiana Supreme Court Expands the Scope of the “Duty of Care” Owed to a Subcontractor’s Employees

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In light of a recent decision from the Indiana Supreme Court, Indiana employers—and construction companies in particular—should review their contracts and subcontracts to determine if they have unwittingly assumed a duty of...more

Baker Donelson

Texas Supreme Court Reinforces that Subcontractors May be Liable to Property Owners

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On August 22, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that both the trial court and the court of appeals improperly dismissed a property owner's claim for negligence against a subcontractor for improper plumbing installation in...more

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