Privette Doctrine Bars Parents' Civil Suit for Worker's Fatal Fall Through Roof

A California appellate court ruled that the parents of a worker who fell to his death during a roofing project were barred by the Privette doctrine from pursuing a tort recovery from the property owner. Case: Martinez v. CalCom Roofing Inc., No. D082216, 11/21/2023, unpublished. Facts: Bryan Industrial Properties Inc., Hoyt Gregory S RSH FT TR B SETT TR, and RS Hoyt Jr. Family Trust hired CalCom Roofing Inc. to reroof their commercial warehouse building. CalCom hired Honeycutt Construction Management LLC to tear off the old cap sheet and hired Elite Roofing Supply to deliver the materials a...