Liability For Injuries To a Subcontractor's Employee
This Webinar will address representing the general contractor when a subcontractor is injured by equipment or work under the subcontractor’s control. Plaintiff’s counsel often cite the rule that general contractors have “overall site safety responsibility.” The standard, however, is a reasonable standard in that general contractors are not absolute guarantors. The Webinar will explore, through a mock case, an accident to an employee of a subcontractor, where the subcontractor is contractually obligated to control its own “means and methods,” including providing its own equipment, and the subcontractor employee is injured by defective equipment.
THE PRESENTER:
J. Nathan Cole (jncole@kslegal.com)
Kenney & Sams, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts USA
Nathan Cole is a Director at Kenney & Sams. He is an experienced trial lawyer who represents businesses and individuals before the Massachusetts Superior Court, Massachusetts Appeals Court, the U.S. District Court, numerous private mediators, and arbitrators. He represents small businesses and regional companies, as well as major national corporations needing local counsel. His clients are a diverse range of individuals and businesses involved in construction, manufacturing, insurance, food services, retail, waste management and hazardous materials cleanup, and commercial landscaping, maintenance, and snow removal.
Nathan has deep experience with construction litigation, representing general contractors, scaffolding manufacturers, subcontractors, building owners, property managers, snow plow companies, and others in contract disputes, jobsite defect cases, premises liability, product liability, and insurance coverage disputes.
He uses this experience to guide businesses in all phases of risk management and planning, including construction and business contract negotiations, indemnification agreements, and employee hiring and termination considerations.
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