Steichen v. Talcott Props., LLC
Annotate this CaseDefendant owned a building and leased spaced in the building to Company. Plaintiff worked as an independent contractor for Company, providing cleaning services. After Plaintiff injured himself while working in Defendant's building, Plaintiff sued Defendant. The district court granted summary judgment to Defendant. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) the district court erred in applying construction industry liability standards to this case and in determining that Defendant owed no duty that Defendant as a property owner had a duty of care to Plaintiff because Plaintiff was an independent contractor working for Company; and (2) the court further erred in granting summary judgment to Defendant based upon the determination that "no reasonable jury" could find that Defendant had breached the duty of ordinary care under the facts of the case.
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