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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (48967)	2/22/2006 9:26:32 PM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Now you're really getting humorous. I can think of about a bazillion instances where the poor hapless homeowner had all the right in the world to (and did) sue the stupid worker-person (along with his employer), who came onto the homeowner's property and damaged it........up to and including causing fires that burned the places down. At worst, I've personally refused to pay certain people when they screwed something up. At the least, I've had them come back and redo what they messed up or failed to do properly, under the express or implied warranty extended when I allowed them to come onto my property. Somewhere in the middle, I literally threw one off my property for theft and incompetence. And I should worry about one of these characters taking legal action against ME????? What planet do you live on? You hire a professional company to do a job, and you should expect to get a professional job done.

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (48967)	2/23/2006 8:32:30 AM
From: Think4Yourself	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Here's a liability that most people overlook: If you own property with a sidewalk and don't shovel/clear it within a "reasonable" time after a snowfall, typically 24 hours, you are liable for any injury passers by have on your sidewalk. That includes rentals and vacant property. Here's another one. Most towns have a leash law for pets. If you have a pet and it harms anyone while it is not on a leash of <= the required length, you're toast. I had this happen to me. Some folks were walking a dog and it ran under my bicycle, causing me to break my clavicle. Owner claimed I was negligent because I failed to warn them I was coming. Lawyers said no chance of that succeeding because they were breaking the law. They ended up settling out of court for $28,000+, and I saw a lot of six figure verdicts in the results of prior suits. Funny thing is, their neighbors were willing to testify on my behalf. They said they were sick of the owners letting their dog poop on everyone's lawn.