California Court of Appeal

Although statutory and regulatory duties imposed on hazardous waste generators are nondelegable, a generator is not liable for injuries to a subcontractor's employee who is employed to dispose of hazardous waste, unless it is shown that the generator's conduct affirmatively contributed to the injuries.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2003
• Published 05/09/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, Roy G. Weatherup, Los Angeles, Jon M. Kasimov and J. Alan Warfield;  Kinkle, Rodiger and Spriggs and Bruce E. Disenhouse, Riverside, for Defendant and Appellant., Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Kimball, David J. Cooper, Ned E. Dunphy and Catherine E. Bennett, Bakersfield;  Law Offices of John C. Hall and John C. Hall, Bakersfield, for Plaintiff and Respondent.