Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog In CBRE v. Superior Court, 102 Cal.App.5th 639 (2024), the 4th District Court of Appeal grappled with a thorny and not-so-thorny issue involving injured parties under the Privette doctrine. The less thorny issue was whether application of the Privette doctrine depends on whether a written contract exists between the parties. Spoiler:… Continue reading The Privette Doctrine and Its Exceptions: Court of Appeal Grapples With the Easy and Not So Easy
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Summary Judgment in Favor of General Contractor Under Privette Doctrine Overturned: Lessons Learned
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog It seems like we’ve been seeing a lot of Privette doctrine cases recently. Here’s another, Brown v. Beach House Design & Development, 85 Cal.App.5th 516 (2002), which provides a cautionary tale for general contractors to watch what they include in their scope of work and how they manage projects. The Beach… Continue reading Summary Judgment in Favor of General Contractor Under Privette Doctrine Overturned: Lessons Learned
Just Because You Caused it, Doesn’t Mean You Own It: The Hooker Exception to the Privette Doctrine
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog We’ve written before about the Privette doctrine, which establishes a presumption that a hirer of an independent contractor delegates to the contractor all responsibility for workplace safety. In other words, if a general contractor hires a subcontractor, the subcontractor is solely responsible for the safety of its workers.… Continue reading Just Because You Caused it, Doesn’t Mean You Own It: The Hooker Exception to the Privette Doctrine