Your subcontractor’s worker is injured. Are you on the hook?

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A recent decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court provides important guidance on when a general contractor may be liable for injuries sustained by a subcontractor’s employee on a construction project. In Suquilanda v. Skyway Roofing, Inc., the SJC clarified that the key inquiry is not who generally oversees the project, but who actually controls the specific safety practice that led to the injury….
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