Paltie v. Marquise Construction Corp.

The record evidence establishes that third-party plaintiff *381Marquise Construction Corp. (Marquise), the general contractor on the work site, undertook the responsibility to hire and supervise laborers to clean the work site. Allstar, the electrical subcontractor, had no such duty, and did not create the hazardous debris condition that caused its employee to slip and fall on an internal staircase. Marquise recognized that the subject wall compound droppings and dust left behind by a sheet-rocking subcontractor constituted a safety hazard, and that such conditions were recurring on the premises.…