Contractor’s Owner Not Personally Liable for Negligence

Where a contract defined the arrangement for the construction of a building, the individual president and owner of the contractor could not be held personally liable for negligent performance of the construction work. The entire economic relationship between the project owner and the contractor was defined in the contract between the two corporations.

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