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