Legal Opinion
Jerri Bush v. Seco Electric Company and Jack Satkamp
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 1997No. 96-2875PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The law of Indiana has long held that once an owner accepts a piece of construction work from an independent contractor, the owner takes full responsibility for it. Daugherty v. Herzog, 145 Ind. 255, 44 N.E. 457 (1896). The contractor’s duty of care to a third party for personal injury thereby ceases, for the contractor and the third party are not in privity. Holland Furnace Co. v. Nauracaj, 105 Ind.App. 574, 14 N.E.2d 339 (1938). And with the contractor’s duty goes its liability as well. Citizens Gas & Coke Util. v. American Economy Ins. Co., 486 N.E.2d 998, 1000…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- McDonough v. WhalenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Blake v. Calumet Construction Corp.Indiana Supreme Court · 1996
- Daugherty v. HerzogIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Collard v. Vista Paving Corp.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2012