Posts tagged ‘Sandoval’

Just Because You Caused it, Doesn’t Mean You Own It: The Hooker Exception to the Privette Doctrine

We’ve written before about the Privette doctrine, which establishes a presumption that a hirer of an independent contractor delegates to the contractor all responsibility for workplace…

A Riveting (or at Least Insightful) Explanation of the Privette Doctrine

“The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine” – Plutarch And grind they do . . . slowly. For long time readers of the…

Hirer Liable for Injury to Subcontractor’s Employee Due to Failure to Act, Not Just Affirmative Acts, Holds Court of Appeal

The Privette doctrine, named after the court case Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal.4th 689, provides that a higher-tiered party such as an owner or…