“ [... W]e join the majority of states that have considered the issue in holding that the duty of one who hires an independent contractor to exercise due care in doing so does not extend to the contractor’s employees who are engaged in the work for which the contractor is retained,” the Maryland Court of Appeals wrote.
August 23, 2022 at 06:00 PM
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The Maryland high court has unanimously held that the employer of an independent contractor cannot be held liable for injuries to the contractor’s employees caused by the contractor’s negligence.
The Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed both the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and the Circuit Court of Baltimore City in dismissing a four-count complaint filed against the city of Baltimore, Keith Sutton and his company Sutton Building Solutions LLC (SBS).
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