Teitge v. Remy Const. Co., Inc.

STATON, Judge.

The Teitges appeal from judgments on the evidence entered in favor of the defendants, Remy Construction Company (Remy) and Everett I. Brown Company (Brown) 1 They raise three issues for our review, two of which are dispositive. Those issues are:

1. Whether Remy's contract with the project owner imposed upon Remy, one of several prime contractors, a duty to protect the safety of all employees on the construction site, including Douglas Teitge (Teitge), an employee of another prime contractor.

2, Whether Brown, the architect, through its affirmative conduct, voluntarily assumed such…