Ft. Lowell-NSS Ltd. Partnership v. Kelly

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the general rule is that an employer is not vicariously liable for an independent contractor’s negligence unless the employer has been independently negligent
• holding that Restatement (Second) of Torts § 422(b) imposes liability on a possessor of land for injuries that occur to an invitee while he is in possession and result from his independent contractor’s negligence
• concluding that emergency services are not “one of the few” non-delegable duties
• noting that common carriers “are often held to possess an affirmative duty to guard the safety of their [passengers]”
• holding a landowner liable for actions of an independent contractor
• finding possessor of land vicariously liable for invitees’ injuries even though they were caused by an independent contractor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).