Thomas v. AP Green Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• affirming the jury's verdict that defendant “breached its duty as a premises owner” by exposing employees of an independent contractor to asbestos, “to the extent [that defendant] specified the use of asbestos containing products”
• affirming the jury’s verdict that defendant “breached its duty as a premises owner” by exposing employees of an independent contractor to asbestos, “to the extent [that defendant] specified the use of asbestos containing products”
• stating general rule that a premises owner is not vicariously liable for the negligence of an independent contractor unless the owner retained control over the contractor’s work or expressly or impliedly approved the unsafe work practice that led to the injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).