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Most of us learn from a very young age to watch out for danger. Especially any obvious hazards. If you see an open fire, don’t stick your hand in it. If you see a rusty blade, don’t scrape it along your arm. If you see a large sheet of ice on the parking lot, you...
Like property owners, general contractors may have a duty to keep their worksites reasonably safe. The terms of their contracts with subcontractors may shift some of this responsibility, but they may still have general responsibilities that they cannot shake. This was...
How should general contractors think about premises liability? What duties of care do they owe the subcontractors they hire to complete various tasks? These were among the questions addressed by a recent ruling from the Illinois First District Court of Appeals. The...
In a previous blog, we looked at the way the Colorado Court of Appeals explored the idea of causation in premises liability. However, the question of causation was not the only matter under review in the case. In Martinez v. Cast, the plaintiff claimed that a...
The Colorado Court of Appeals recently reviewed and reversed the summary judgment made in favor of a landowner in a premises liability case. The case, Martinez v. Cast, centered around the injuries to two children whose mother had pushed them out of a window to avoid...