Plummer v. Bechtel Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “[in order for liability to be imposed,] the employer must have retained at least some degree of control over the manner in which the work is done. It is not enough that he has merely a general right to order the work stopped or resumed, to inspect its progress or to receive reports, to make suggestions or recommendations which need not necessarily be followed, or to prescribe alterations and deviations. Such a general right is usually reserved to employers, but it does not mean that the contractor is controlled as to his methods of work, or as to operative detail. There must be such a retention of a right of supervision that the contractor is not entirely free to do the work in his own way.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 17 F. Supp. 2d 672 - Tillman v. Great Lakes Steel Corp.

2. “for injuries caused by a carefully selected contractor to whom he has delegated the task of erecting a structure.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carpenter v. Rust Engineering Co.