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What’s new in the world of job safety?

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

Previous columns discussed egress (April 2007), exposure to falling loads (June 2007), hazardous atmospheres (October 2007), and water accumulation (November 2008

What the courts are saying...

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 11 2009

We begin the month with a case from the Court of Claims of Ohio

Multi-employer worksite doctrine: has the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission reversed thirty years of precedent?

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 20 2007

After 30 years of upholding the right of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") to cite the controlling employer of a worksite under the "multi-employer worksite doctrine," the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission ("Commission") decided to rid itself of the inherent ambiguity and indecisiveness of the long standing doctrine

General contractors beware: OSHA multi-employer citation policy alive and well

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 27 2009

In a decision with significant implications for construction companies, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Secretary v. Summit Contractors affirmed OSHA's ability to issue citations to employers under the Multi-Employer Citation Policy, even when they did not create a worksite hazard and even when the employer's own employees are not exposed to the hazard

Economy drives more construction firms to federal contracts, and the Davis-Bacon Act is waiting

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 17 2009

With the downturn in the U.S. economy causing delay or cancellation of many private sector construction projects, a growing number of employers in the construction industry find themselves seeking federal contracts or subcontracts for the first time

President Obama signs executive order encouraging project labor agreements on federal construction projects

  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2009

In a move hailed by organized labor, President Obama recently signed an executive order authorizing the use of project labor agreements, a type of collective bargaining agreement unique to the construction industry, on federal construction projects valued at $25 million or more

What the courts are saying...

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2008

Our case summaries for the month of April begin with an opinion from the Court of Appeals for Medina County

Does a general contractor get more than it bargained for?

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2008

Whether building a single house, a resort or a high-rise building, general contractors use subcontractors to perform most aspects of the job

Supreme Court declines, for now, to recognize common-law “prima facie tort” claim

  • Ogletree Deakins
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2008

In a non-employment case that may have implications for employers, the Supreme Court declined for now to recognize the cause of action known as "prima facie tort," and held that if the tort is ever to be recognized, it is only available when there are no other tort causes of action available to a plaintiff

If the construction company acted negligently, it may not recover on workers’ compensation lien even if another tort-feasor had the last clear chance to avoid the injury

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 1 2008

By its plain language, North Carolina General Statute section 97-10.2(e) provides that an employer may recover from a third-party tort-feasor the amount of workers’ compensation benefits paid by the employer to its injured employee, but that the third-party may raise the employer’s contributory negligence in causing the employee’s injury as a complete defense to the employer’s action

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