Straw v. Esteem Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• absent affirmative assumption of responsibility for safety, general contractor’s coordination, inspection, and supervision of work did not establish duty to make premises safe for subcontractor’s employees
• general contractor did not contractually assume liability for subcontractor safety and did not engage in conduct indicating that it retained control over the subcontractor’s work
• “In Kelley the court found the contractor had assumed contractual responsibility for initiating and maintaining a safety program, and thus responsibility for supervising the subcontractor's work to insure it complied with safety standards.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).