Case Updates
California Supreme Court holds that a hirer is not liable for injuries to a contractor that result from a known hazard on the premises
August 19, 2021
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging California Supreme Court to preserve the long-standing rule that a hirer owes no duty of care to protect a contractor from dangerous conditions known to or reasonably discoverable by the contractor
January 24, 2019
Click here to view the Chamber’s amicus brief.
Stephen E. Norris and Joshua C. McDaniel of Horvitz & Levy LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Gonzalez v. Mathis (California Supreme Court) .pdf
- Opinion Gonzalezv Mathis California Supreme Court