Property Owners Not Liable for Construction-Related Personal Injury Accidents

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Ron Pollock
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled recently that property owners that retain contractors are no longer liable for construction-related personal injury accidents on their property. The ruling benefits property owners while increasing the risk allocation and risk exposure for construction managers, general contractors and other non-employee involved subcontractors.

 
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the case of Beil v. Telesis Construction, Inc. clarified that owners are not liable for injuries to employees of independent contractors or subcontractors absent control over the “means and methods” of the work being performed, such as directing the subsequently-injured plaintiff how to actually do the work in question. 
 
For more information on this decision and its implications to owners, contractors, construction managers and subcontractors, please contact Ron Pollock (717-399-1539 or rpollock@barley.com) or any member of Barley Snyder’s Construction Law Group.
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