Subcontractor retained responsibility for its employee’s workplace injury even though the general contractor created the hazard.
Cases of Interest
In a wrongful death action, an employer providing alcohol and drugs to an employee while on vacation fell outside the scope of his employment.
The availability of remote trial testimony is not a proper basis for denying a motion to transfer a case to the county where most witnesses are located.
In a statute-of-limitations dispute, there was a triable issue of fact as to when an attorney’s representation ended when he sent equivocal emails regarding his intent to withdraw and signed subsequent documents that identified him as the client’s representation.
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An employee’s notation on a walk-through checklist indicating that a sauna “needed repair” is insufficient to show either gross negligence or actual or constructive knowledge of an unsafe condition, by a fitness center.