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HANDLER CORP. v. TLAPECHCO

No. 452, 2005.

901 A.2d 737 (2006)

HANDLER CORPORATION and Handler Development, Inc., Defendants Below, Appellant, v. Leandro TLAPECHCO, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided June 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Rizzo, Jr. (argued) and David J. Soldo, Reger Rizzo Kavulich & Darnall, L.L.P., Wilmington, DE, for appellants.

Bartholomew J. Dalton (argued) and Laura J. Simon, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and RIDGELY, Justices.

STEELE, Chief Justice:

The defendant-below, Handler Development, Inc., was a general contractor that built residential homes in Middletown, DE.1 Handler hired Esperanza Painting as a painting subcontractor. On May 18, 2002, Leandro Tlapechco, one of Esperanza's employees, was painting in one of the homes when he fell from an "open walkway" and suffered serious injuries. Tlapechco sued Handler...

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