Du Pratt v. Lick

Citations

• 38 Cal. 691

Syllabus

<p>Damages pob Personal Injuries Through Negligence.—When the owner of fixed property, requiring repairs, employs a contractor to do the entire work with his own means and by his own servants, he is not responsible for personal injuries to third persons occurring through negligence in the performance of the work.</p> <p>Ideal—Responsibility for injuries in such cases is upon him who has the contract and management of the work; and unless the relation of master and servant exists between the owner and the person through whose negligence the plaintiff sustained his injury, the doctrine of respondeat superior does not apply.</p>