This Jackson Lewis LLP memorandum discusses the August 22, 2011 California Supreme Court ruling in Seabright Ins. v. US Airways. The court held that independent contractors' employees may not sue either the contractor or the party that hired the contractor for injuries sustained on the job, even if the workplace injury was caused by the party's non-compliance with workplace safety requirements. The court reasoned that when a party hires an independent contractor, the hiring party implicity delegates any tort law duty to protect the contractor's employees by complying with workplace safety requirements.