STEPHENSON, GUNTER, Associate Judge.
The trial court on appellees' motion for a summary judgment ruled as a matter of law that where a general contractor subcontracts a portion of construction work to an independent contractor, the general contractor is not liable to the owner of the premises for damages caused thereto by the negligence of the subcontractor in failing to perform the work properly. This holding cannot be sustained and the judgment is reversed.
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