Case Summaries
3367 A landholder that hired a general contractor pursuant to agreement giving the contractor exclusive control over the job did not thereby retain sufficient control to acquire a duty to protect the safety of subcontractors' employees; an independent contractor's failure to maintain workers compensation insurance subjects it to possible tort liability to employees injured on the job, but does not subject the hirer of the contractor to such liability under the peculiar risk doctrine.
LOPEZ v CGM DEVELOPMENT (Fallen Roofer) 101 CA4 430 [See: LabC 3700, 3700.5; McKown v WalMart 27 C4 219, T/AT 3/02; Hooker v Dep't of Trans 27 C4 198, T/AT 3/02; Privette v Superior Court 5 C4 689, T/AT 10/93]
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