Downs v. Steel and Craft Builders, Inc.

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• to prevail on a theory of negligence, a plaintiff must show the defendant owed him a duty of care
• to prevail on a theory of negligence, a plaintiff must show the defendant owed him a duty of care
• “It is possible that a duty to a subcontractor’s employee may be created by the contractor’s actions undertaken in contravention of, or in the absence of, an agreement.”
• when interpreting a contract, we must -8- consider the entire document to give effect to the parties’ intent as determined by the plain and ordinary meaning of the language of the contract
• when interpreting a contract, we must consider the entire document to give effect to the parties’ intent as determined by the plain and ordinary meaning of the - 13 - 2017 IL App (2d) 160359 language of the contract
• summary judgment in favor of general contractor properly granted because the general did not control and was not responsible for safety measures at the construction site and no other evidence suggested that the general actually exerted control over the subcontractor’s work

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).