Bradley J. Chilelli, Petitioner v. Signify North America Corporation

1. Whether a premises owner that retains authority over contractor safety, maintains site safety policies, and exercises control over contractor operations may avoid any duty of care to an injured contractor’s employee where a catastrophic hazard existed on the owner’s premises during demolition work. 2. Whether the lower courts’ application of the independent-contractor exception to premises liability improperly forecloses recovery for severe injuries arising from hazards on an owner-controlled industrial site, in tension with the approach taken by other jurisdictions applying Restatement (Second) of Torts § 414 and related doctrines. 3. Whether, under Restatement (Second) of Torts § 324A, a premises owner’s voluntary undertaking of contractor safety obligations gives rise to a tort duty without a separate showing of reliance by the contractor or its employees.