Becker v. Northland Transportation Co.

This court granted a rehearing on the question of independent contractor as it relates to the defendant Haturi. It is the plaintiff's contention that Maturi is liable for the negligence of Stokke, even though the contract was an independent one, because Maturi should have realized that the burning of the brush necessarily created conditions involving an unreasonable risk to others unless special precautions were taken; and that he failed to provide in the contract, or in some other manner, that such precautions should be taken. The plaintiff also contends that Maturi did not exercise…