Legal Opinion

Gonzalez v. Russell Sorensen Construction

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided May 24, 2012No. 20100671-CAPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

VOROS, Associate Presiding Judge:

T1 This is an appeal from the denial of a summary judgment motion. The case involves a workplace injury claim brought by a subcontractor's employee against the general contractor. The appeal focuses on a general contractor's potential lability for injuries allegedly resulting from a hazardous condition on the job site.

T2 The general contractor is Appellant Russell Sorensen Construction (Sorensen); the subcontractor is John Clayton Construetion (Clayton); the injured employee is Ap-pellee Jose M. Gonzalez (Gonzalez). After falling from some scaffolding,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Allen v. FrielUtah Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Hale v. BecksteadUtah Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Tipton v. Texaco, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
  4. City of Grantsville v. Redevelopment Agency of Tooele CityUtah Supreme Court · 2010
  5. Webb v. University of UtahUtah Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by8 opinions

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