I was working as a subcontractor at a construction site and received a severe injury. What are my rights against the owner and general contractor in a lawsuit?

The answer to this question is rather complex, and the law has changed to the disadvantage of construction workers in recent years. Basically, the owner or general contractor may be found liable to workers at the site for failing to use ordinary care to provide them with a reasonably safe place to work, warn of dangers that are not obvious and keep the construction site in a reasonably safe condition. Liability for a dangerous condition may be imposed upon an owner or general contractor who created the condition personally or through an employee and had notice of the dangerous condition or, by reasonable inspection, should have discovered it and had sufficient control to take reasonable safety measures. Further, if the owner or general contractor knew, or should have known, that a subcontractor's work created a type of dangerous condition that may reasonably be expected to occur again unless appropriate precautions were taken, they may be found liable. Also, liability can be ...  more