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· 4/6/1979

Shannon v. Howard S. Wright Const. Co.

Citations

  • 593 P.2d 438
  • 181 Mont. 269
  • 1979 Mont. LEXIS 782

How courts have described this case

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

  • Owner ordered carpenters to another work area causing inadequate access to building whereupon plaintiff fell
  • where an employee must either forego employment or encounter danger, the obviousness of the danger will not completely bar the employee’s recovery for any resulting injury
  • the owner and general contractor both “had a duty to provide the employees of their subcontractors with a safe place to work because each retained control over the working conditions at the Stillwater condominium site”
  • the owner and general contractor both “had a duty to provide the employees of their subcontractors with a safe place to work because each retained control over the working conditions at the Stillwater condominium site”

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Judges: Shea, Haswell, Daly, Sheehy

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