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1718 Privette applies to prevent a landholder who employs an independent contractor from being vicariously liable under the "peculiar risk" doctrine to an employee of the contractor who is injured by the contractor's negligence, even though the contractor has agreed in writing to indemnify the landholder for any liability resulting from the contractor's work.
REDFEATHER v CHEVRON (Peculiar Risk Agreement) 57 CA4 702 [See: Privette v Superior Court 5 C4 689, T/AT 9/93; Owens v Giannetta 23 CA4 1662, at 5/94; Smith v ACandS 31 CA4 77, T/AT 2/95; Whitford v Swinerton 34 CA4 1054, T/AT 6/95]
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