WENDLANDT, J.
An employer of an independent contractor generally is not liable for physical harm caused to another by the negligent act of the contractor. The exceptions to this principle "are so numerous" and "have so far eroded the `general rule,' that it can now be said to be `general' only in the sense that it is applied where no good reason...
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