Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:
With the repeal of the Structural Work Act, a general contractor's liability for injury to an independent subcontractor's employee at a worksite will be based on common law negligence principles. Still, the question of who controls the work must be answered before it can be said a duty exists to use reasonable care.
In this case, we find the trial judge correctly determined the general contractor owed no...
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