Washington Law Review
Abstract
In Murk v. Aronsen the Washington Supreme Court had occasion to consider a landowner's tort liability where work is placed under the control of an independent contractor. In a 5-to-4 decision the court held that an owner is not liable to a contractor's servant injured by the negligence of a contractor who has control of the premises. By its decision the court has reaffirmed its earlier position, despite a trend toward expanding the exceptions to the rule of non-liability for torts of independent contractors.
First Page
242
Recommended Citation
Dwayne Coople,
Washington Case Law,
Torts—Landowner's Liability to Servants of Independent Contractors,
37 Wash. L. Rev.
242
(1962).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wlr/vol37/iss2/20