The 4th District Court of Appeals revived a worker's tort suit against a landowner for the alleged negligence of a fellow contractor working on the property.
Case: Blackwell v. Vasilas, No. D067239, 01/26/2016, published.
Facts: Ray Vasilas purchased a two-story home in La Mesa as an investment property in 2013. He then hired Enrique Gomez Jimenez to perform stucco work on the house and Randall Blackwell to install rain gutters.
Gomez brought a scaffold to the property, which he used to do his work. Vasilas had nothing to do with its assembly or erection, but he testified ...
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