Court Allows Injured Worker to Proceed With Strict Liability Claim Against Property Developer

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday revived an injured worker’s strict liability claim against a property developer who had hired his employer to perform an ultra-hazardous activity. The Ammons Development Group was the developer of a planned residential subdivision in Wake Forest. Ammons hired East Coast Drilling & Blasting to the drilling, blasting and crushing of rock during construction. Francisco Fagundes worked for ECDB as a heavy-equipment operator. Fagundes was operating a rock crusher at the job site on June 25, 2013, when ECDB blaster Juan Albino arrived ...