Personal Injury & Torts
Jul. 1, 2002
Subcontractor's Injured Workers May Still Have Options
Focus Column - By Richard L. Charnley - In the last 10 years, California courts have taken aim at "peculiar risk" claims - tort claims brought by independent contractors' employees against those contractors' hirers. From Privette v. Superior Court, 5 Cal.4th 689 (1993), through Hooker v. Department of Transportation, 27 Cal.4th 198 (2002), the California Supreme Court has hunted its quarry, leaving peculiar risk on life support. Even so, it may have a breath of life.
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By Richard L. Charnley
In the last 10 years, California courts have taken aim at "peculiar risk" claims - tort claims brought by independent contractors' employees against those contra...
By Richard L. Charnley
In the last 10 years, California courts have taken aim at "peculiar risk" claims - tort claims brought by independent contractors' employees against those contra...
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