Construction-site injury cases – knowing what you need to prove

The key to these cases is understanding the law and how to obtain the evidence to prove your case

John F. Ramey

From Issue: 2023 May

The Privette doctrine and material suppliers

Building the case that an injured employee of a material supplier is not a subcontractor bound by Privette

Steven B. Stevens

From Issue: 2024 December

The construction-site case from complaint through discovery

A look at what it takes to get your construction-site premises-liability case to trial

Dan Kramer
Teresa Johnson

From Issue: 2020 October

Non-delegable duties in workplace injuries

Identifying and proving that a property owner had a non-delegable duty may give rise to your civil lawsuit

Loren Schwartz

From Issue: 2019 April

Look to the contract to defeat implied delegation

Do not let Privette’s implied delegation shift the cost of defendant’s harm onto plaintiffs and workers’ compensation carriers

Alan Van Gelder

From Issue: 2023 May

Denied: Closed door or open opportunity?

When the WC carrier denies coverage, here are strategies on using the resultant enhanced discovery to secure both WC coverage and enhance the civil case

Richard C. Alpers

From Issue: 2023 May

Exclusive remedy? Not today!

Unlicensed contractors and their workers – an exception to the exclusive- remedy rule. A look at how it applies to both businesses and homeowners

Spencer Lucas
Nadine Ninva Khedry

From Issue: 2020 October

The unique inequity of Privette and its progeny in wrongful-death cases

A new take on challenging Privette and securing its reversal by the California Supreme Court

Janet R. Gusdorff
David H. Greenberg
Emily Ruby

From Issue: 2021 April

Premises-liability cases at construction sites hinge on Privette

Construction sites are dangerous for workers and Privette defenses make the law dangerous for injured plaintiffs

Byron J. Abron (B.J.)

From Issue: 2020 October

Mediating a third-party workers’ compensation claim

Three experts explain the claims by a worker who is injured by a third party

Steven Siemers
Bruce Gelber
Steve Chapman

From Issue: 2022 September

Litigating, managing and settling workers’ compensation/third-party crossover cases

Overview of the (sometimes devastating) effect of a WC claim on your recovery in a crossover personal-injury case

Tal Rubin

From Issue: 2023 May

Crossovers between employment law and workers’ compensation cases

How the WC claim may affect the employment-law case, and vice-versa

Jonathan D. Roven

From Issue: 2023 May