$20.5M Jury Award Against D.R. Horton for Trench-Collapse Injury Overturned

A state Supreme Court overturned a $20.5M jury award against D.R. Horton, ruling the homebuilder had no legal duty to protect a subcontractor's worker injured in a trench collapse. The decision limits liability for general contractors regarding safety obligations to workers employed by their subs.

The state Supreme Court ruled the country’s largest homebuilder did not have a legal obligation to a subcontractor's injured worker...

This story was originally published by Equipment World.