In Washington, it's known as the "Stute" doctrine -- named after one of the parties to a Supreme Court decision establishing that general contractors have a nondelegable project site safety duty. After years of litigation bouncing around in the 8th Circuit, that Court recently upheld OSHA's version of the "Stute" rule for federal projects. A link to the case is here.
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