In what circumstances will a licensed contractor be liable for an injury caused by an unlicensed and uninsured subcontractor?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rinaldi v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 199 Cal.App.3d 217, 244 Cal.Rptr. 637 (Cal. App. 1988):
In Rinaldi v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1987) 196 Cal.App.3d 571, 242 Cal.Rptr. 895, decided in the context of claims for workers' compensation, this court imposed workers' compensation liability upon a licensed contractor for an injury to an employee of an unlicensed and illegally uninsured subcontractor as follows:
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