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
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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