The CLM “Go back to work.” Those words from the general contractor precipitated the subcontractor employee’s injury. Still, the general contractor was not liable. In a win for the construction industry, the Court of Appeal ruled in August 2022 that the Privette Doctrine barred subcontractor employees’ injury claims against general contractors. The Privette Doctrine is great for property owners,… Continue reading Who’s Responsible?
Tag: Personal Injury
Don’t Forget The Statutory Notice Of Claim
Randy J. Heller | Gallet Dreyer & Berkey We don’t usually write about personal injury matters. But sadly, personal injury accidents happen on construction projects. And when an accident occurs on a project owned by a public body, a Notice of Claim must be filed before one can bring suit against the public owner (e.g.,… Continue reading Don’t Forget The Statutory Notice Of Claim
A Trivial Case
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog Construction defect cases leading to physical injury are rarely trivial, at least in the eyes of the injured party, but alas sometimes they are as the next case, Nunez v. City of Redondo Beach, 81 Cal.App.5th 749 (2022), demonstrates. The Nunez Case Monica Nunez, Vice President of Finance and… Continue reading A Trivial Case
Two Insurers Protected the Insured and Resolved the Coverage Dispute Later
Barry Zalma | Zalma on Insurance When two insurers dispute which is obligated to defend and indemnify the insured in a bodily injury suit, they both paid half of the settlement and agreed to resolve their differences later in a declaratory relief action – an action of absolute good faith. In Old Republic Insurance Company v.… Continue reading Two Insurers Protected the Insured and Resolved the Coverage Dispute Later
A Riveting (or at Least Insightful) Explanation of the Privette Doctrine
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog “The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine” – Plutarch And grind they do . . . slowly. For long time readers of the California Construction Law Blog you may recall a case we reported on over three years ago in 2018 – Sandoval v. Qualcomm Incorporated –… Continue reading A Riveting (or at Least Insightful) Explanation of the Privette Doctrine