San Juan v. PSC Industrial Outsourcing, Inc.

OPINION

By the Court,

Pickering, J.:

Our case law holds that a person who hires an independent contractor is not, without more, vicariously liable to the independent contractor’s employees for their employer’s torts, even though the job involves inherent danger or “peculiar risk.” The issue presented by this appeal is whether this rule depends on the employer being solvent and competent. We hold that it does not. The Nevada workers’ compensation system covers injured workers without regard to their employer’s solvency. And competence, judged after the fact and without regard to the hirer’s…