by Kent Holland | May 24, 2023 | Newsletter Article
Where a state law requires engineers to designate a full-time person or “manager” as being in “responsible charge” of engineering activities, the state agency responsible for administering the statute found an engineer in violation because it used a used an...
by Kent Holland | Mar 30, 2017 | Newsletter Article
By Kent Holland A subcontractor’s employee suffered a horrible injury when removing an abandoned railroad bridge. After recovering almost $1.5 million in workers compensation, he sued the railroad company that had hired the prime contractor that hired the...
by Kent Holland | Mar 30, 2017 | Newsletter Article
By Kent Holland An employee of an independent contractor cannot generally recover damages from the one who hired the contractor for work-related injuries. One exception to this rule is where the hirer actually retained control of the work or otherwise caused or...
by Kent Holland | Aug 18, 2015 | Newsletter Article
Gail S. Kelley, P.E., J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Where the employee of a roofing subcontractor died after falling from the roof of a Walmart being constructed in Nebraska, Walmart was not liable for the worker’s death under any of the exceptions to the...
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article
The engineering firm, Arcadis U.S., and several of its employees, asked the court to dismiss a contractor lawsuit against them on the basis that they were immune from suit because they were acting as agents or employees of the City government when making decisions...
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