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0786 A landholder who hires an independent contractor to do work on the land is not vicariously liable under the peculiar risk doctrine for injuries sustained by an employee of the contractor resulting from the negligence of an employee of a different independent contractor also employed to do work on the land; the Supreme Court's ruling in Privette should be applied retroactively.
SMITH v ACandS (Peculiar Risk Asbestos) 31 CA4 77 [See: Woolen v Aerojet 57 C2 407; Privette v SuperCt 5 C4 689, T/AT 9/93; Owens v Giannetta 23 CA4 1662, T/AT 5/94]
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