Torts/Personal Injury,
Construction
Apr. 8, 2025
Off-site subcontractor accidents: Who's liable?
A recent court ruling raises new questions about the scope of liability for owners and contractors when subcontractor employees are involved in incidents away from the construction site.
Don Willenburg
Partner
Gordon & Rees LLP
appellate law, litigation, special master
1111 Broadway Ste 1700
Oakland , CA 94607
Phone: (510) 463-8600
Email: dwillenburg@grsm.com
Stanford Univ Law School
Don is chair of the firm's Appellate Practice Group in Oakland, and an attorney member of the Information Technology Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council. The views expressed are his own.
"The answers you get
depend on the questions you ask." This insight from Thomas S. Kuhn is on full
display in a recent Court of Appeal decision on duty. The majority framed the
question one way, the dissent another, with predictably different results.
In Lorenzo v. Calex Engineering, Inc., 2025 DJAR 2700, a dump truck driver employed by a thi...
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