Neil v. NWCC Investments V, LLC

¶1 In Washington, general contractors have a nondelegable specific duty that extends to all employees on the jobsite to ensure compliance with regulations promulgated under the Washington Industrial Safety and *122Health Act of 1973 (WISHA), chapter 49.17 RCW. Jobsite owners owe this same duty when they retain the right to control the manner in which the independent contractor and its employees perform their work. In this case, we are asked to decide whether NWCC Investments V LLC, an owner-developer, owed a statutory duty of care to Mariano Romero Romero, who sustained serious injuries on the…