Question: CASE # 4 The general contractor on a hotel construction project built three long freestanding fire walls. Two of the walls fell over during a

CASE #4
The general contractor on a hotel construction project built three long freestanding fire walls. Two of the walls fell over during a windstorm; the third remained standing and was partially braced, but a few weeks later the bracing was removed, and the wall fell over, injuring a subcontractor.
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Think Outside the box i.e. subsequent damages, countersuits)
If you had decision making power over this case, how would you rule?

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