Morris v. City of Soldotna

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing “general rule” that employer of independent contractor “is not responsible for the negligence of the latter” unless employer has retained control over some aspect of work
• “appellant’s right to recovery cannot be based on any concept rooted in the doctrine of vicarious liability”
• statute relied upon as the source of the defendants duty rather than \as a more precise definition of a previously-recognized common law duty of reasonable care\
• safe place to work; act did not invoke a per-se standard upon violation
• safe place to work; act did not invoke a per-se standard upon violation
• evidence that general contractor’s superintendent questioned subcontractor’s employee about painting procedure, but did not instruct employee that a particular method be used, was insufficient to show that general contractor actually controlled subcontractor’s work

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).