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 | Dec 19, 2016 | Newsletter Article
A man who fell from a retaining wall at a streetscape project being built for a city filed suit against the city as well as the architect (BL Companies, Inc.) for the project. The legal theory against the architect was that he had created a public nuisance by failing...
by Kent Holland | Feb 10, 2016 | Newsletter Article
J. Kent Holland, J.D. ConstructionRisk, LLC Summary judgment was granted and sustained on appeal for all defendants in this case where three employees of a contractor were injured when scaffolding failed under the weight of a concrete slab that was being poured. The...
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