22.7.1 Architects|Designers.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

22.7.1 Architects/Designers. An architect cannot be liable to an inde-pendent contractor’s employee unless “the architect ha[s] the duty to supervise the method and manner of actually doing the work.”⁸¹ For example, an architect whose contract provided that his supervisory duties extended to “general supervision to safeguard the [landowner] against defects and deficiencies in the work of contractors,” was insufficient to create liability for a subcontractor’s employee injured during erection of steel...