Supreme Court of California

A hirer of an independent contractor is liable to an employee of the contractor under tort theories insofar as the hirer's provision of unsafe equipment affirmatively contributes to the employee's injury.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2002
• Published 01/31/2002

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Snyder & Strozier, Snyder, Strozier, Maho & Tomlinson, Barry Clifford Snyder and Will Tomlinson, Santa Barbara, for Defendant and Appellant., Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for the Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Garza, Garza & Pacheco, John M. Pacheco;  Law Offices of Robert H. Pourvali and Robert H. Pourvali, Calabasas, for Plaintiff and Respondent., Ian Herzog, Santa Monica;  William L. Veen;  James C. Sturdevant, San Francisco;  Brian C. Unitt, Riverside;  Dennis M. Elber, Long Beach;  David A. Rosen, Los Angeles;  The Arns Law Firm, Morgan C. Smith and  Robert S. Arns, San Francisco, for the Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.