Homeowner Liability Lawyer In Florence

The general rule is that a homeowner owner owes no duty to an employee of an independent contractor if an employee of a contractor is injured on the homeowner’s property. This general rule, however, is subject to a few exceptions. If an injured employee can establish that the homeowner retained the right to control how the contractor performed his work, the relationship changes from one of homeowner and contractor to master and servant. A master-servant relationship is not created, however, when the homeowner merely supervises or inspects the work of the contractor. Another exception relates to the homeowner’s duty to warn of hidden dangers. If a defect or danger is hidden and known to the owner, and the contractor does not know (or ought to know in the exercise of reasonable care) the homeowner has a duty to warn the contractor and its employees.