A CASE TO CONSIDER

New Campus Construction Brings New Liabilities

By WILLIAM P. HOYE

Murphy v. Columbia University (2004)

A subcontractor employed a welder, Warren Murphy, at a construction site owned by Columbia University in New York City. The general contractor covered the walls of the room in which Murphy was working with corrugated cardboard to protect newly installed wall tiles from damage. When...

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