Moss v. Rowe Construction Co.

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• stating that the construction company's contract with IDOT established a duty to control safety
• stating that the construction company's contract with IDOT established a duty to control safety
• relying exclusively on contract language and criticizing the Shaughnessy approach as mak ing “contractual obligations for safety a meaningless nullity”
• “The issue is not control of the ‘means and methods’ of performing the task, but rather who contractually and/or physically has the duty to control safety of the project”
• “The issue is not control of the ‘means and methods’ of performing the task, but rather who contractually and/or physically has the duty to control safety of the project”
• defendant was subject to section 414 liability where improperly placed equipment contributed to the worker’s injury, contract terms limited the independent contractor’s options regarding the placement of equipment, and defendant retained substantial contractual control of safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Martens v. MCL Construction Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-02-27· cited 74×
• Cochran v. George Sollitt Construction Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-06-30· cited 60×
• Diaz v. Legat Architects, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-12-14· cited 38×
• Pestka v. Town of Fort Sheridan Company, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-01-22· cited 33×
• Downs v. Steel and Craft Builders, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-06-22· cited 33×
• Jones v. DHR Cambridge Homes, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-04· cited 22×
• Recio v. GR-MHA CORP.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-05-08· cited 22×
• Shank v. Fields
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-05-02· cited 16×
• Doe v. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-08-16· cited 11×
• Avalos v. Pulte Home Corp.
  N.D. Illinois· 2007-01-31· cited 5×
• Downs v. Steel & Craft Builders, Inc. Corrected opinion posted 9/2/05
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-06-22
• Pestka v. Town of Fort Sheridan Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-01-22
• Jones v. DHR Cambridge Homes
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-04
• Diaz v. Legat Architects, Inc. - Corrected 12/23/09
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-12-14
• Schreiber v. Idea Engineering & Fabricating
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-11-17

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Larson v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-09-29· cited 255×
• Bokodi v. Foster Wheeler Robbins, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-03-31· cited 82×
• Rangel v. Brookhaven Constructors, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-09-29· cited 67×
• Hutchcraft v. Independent Mechanical Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-03-21· cited 54×
• Ross v. Dae Julie, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-06-19· cited 44×
• Bieruta v. Klein Creek Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-05-20· cited 27×
• Shaughnessy v. Skender Construction Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-07-21· cited 25×
• Connaghan v. Caplice
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-10-10· cited 25×
• Rogers v. West Construction Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-10-28· cited 23×
• Hausam v. Victor Gruen & Associates
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-07-31· cited 18×
• Yacko v. Curtis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-05-23· cited 17×

Other cases named Moss v. Rowe Construction Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Moss v. Rowe Construction Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-12-18