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1984 Privette abolished the peculiar risk liability of the hirer of an independent contractor for injuries to employees of the contractor resulting from the contractor's failure to take special precautions, whether the hirer required the special precautions or not, and whether the hirer's liability is classified as vicarious or direct.CitationTOLAND v SUNLAND (Peculiar Risk) 18 C4 253 [See: Owens v Giannetta 23 CA4 1662, T/AT 5/94; Aceves v Regal 24 C3 502; Anderson v Chancellor 53 CA3 235; Woolen v Aerojet 57 C2 407; Privette v Superior Court 5 C4 689, T/AT 9/93; Toland v Sunland AT 1/96]
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