True story
There is a large homebuilder who is basically just a management company. The CG license is held by another company that sub contracts the actual trades.
The contracts require all subs to abide by all applicable safety laws, insurance etc.
The main company is isolated from the liability as well as 2 company's worth of lawyers can do.
Someone gets hurt on the job and sues the parent company (deepest pocket) over safety violations the injured man's company did not observe. The justification was that the managers of the parent company tried to enforce established safety rules so they had accepted liability when the actions were not taken.
OK we all want to see an injured guy get taken care of but the offshoot is they are now contemplating totally backing away from bringing up any safety issue that doesn't directly affect the parent company's employees to limit liability.
The job supers want a safe job site but trying to actually enforce the rules exposes them to liability.
What a twisted world we have created.
No good deed goes unpunished.
