Lambert v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 2001
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Ferguson v. National Broadcasting Co. · Phillips Oil Co. v. OKC Corp. · Union Planters National Leasing, Inc. v. Woods
Most-quoted passages
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“Where the owner surrenders to the contractor all control over the performance of that aspect of the work that gives rise to the injury, there is ... no liability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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