Hammond v. Bechtel Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding issues of material fact where employer had an extensive safety inspection process, and had the authority to direct that defective equipment not be used by the independent contractor
• finding that possibility of such control existed
• finding that possibility of such control existed
• employer may explicitly contract to retain active control over safety procedures used by an independent contractor
• general contractor who retains control over work entrusted to independent contractor may be liable for physical harm caused by independent contractor
• employer conducted extensive safety inspections, had the authority to direct that defective equipment not be used, and did so direct on several occasions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Corsetti v. Stone Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-09-19· cited 139×
• Phyllis M. Nelson, Etc., and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Duncanson-Harrelson Co., Third Party
  Third Circuit· 1981-01-29· cited 85×
• Moloso v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-05-07· cited 76×
• Sievers v. McClure
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-12-04· cited 37×
• Plummer v. Bechtel Construction Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1992-09-15· cited 28×
• Madler v. McKenzie County
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1991-03-19· cited 24×
• Alesna v. LeGrue
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-08-08· cited 22×
• Parker Drilling Co. v. O'NEILL
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-11-25· cited 22×
• Donald CHAFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; Martin Marietta Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-05-27· cited 21×
• Everette v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-07-18· cited 20×
• Brock v. Alaska International Industries, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-05-21· cited 20×
• Grothe v. Olafson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-02-18· cited 19×
• Werdehausen v. Union Electric Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-10-30· cited 15×
• Powell v. Tanner
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2002-11-22· cited 14×
• Hauptman v. WMC, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-01-29· cited 10×
• City of Seward v. Afognak Logging
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2001-09-28· cited 8×
• Anderson v. PPCT Management Systems, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-10-06· cited 8×
• Cannon v. Fournier
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-02-25· cited 7×
• Sandy Sulzbach and Rob Sulzbach v. City & Borough of Sitka and John T. Ferrick
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2022-09-16· cited 4×
• Cuffe v. Sanders Construction Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-01-08· cited 3×

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Adams v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-10-01· cited 192×
• Kelley v. Howard S. Wright Construction Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-07-27· cited 150×
• Jennings v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-07-22· cited 85×
• Weber v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-03-05· cited 81×
• Drexel v. Union Prescription Centers, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1978-08-11· cited 80×
• Totem Marine Tug & Barge, Inc. v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-08-25· cited 72×
• Braund, Inc. v. White
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-06-11· cited 68×
• Manson-Osberg Company v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-07-19· cited 64×
• Hollingbery v. Dunn
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-02-24· cited 61×
• Sloan v. Atlantic Richfield Company
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-07-08· cited 59×
• Kremer v. Carr's Food Center, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-12-22· cited 56×
• Sloan v. Atlantic Richfield Company
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-10-15· cited 56×
• State v. Guinn
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-09-15· cited 56×
• Pasko v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-09-13· cited 54×
• Ossenfort Ex Rel. Ossenfort v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-05-20· cited 52×
• Wilson v. Portland General Electric Company
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1968-12-18· cited 48×
• Morris v. City of Soldotna
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-07-27· cited 42×
• Brock Ex Rel. Baer v. Rogers & Babler, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-06-11· cited 41×
• Hobbs v. Mobil Oil Corporation
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1968-10-25· cited 36×
• Smith v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-07-19· cited 35×