That had like an 8 or 9 dollar price tag? On Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 9:41 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
> They didn’t call for a locate prior to drilling. Scuba divers had to dive > inside the pipe and weld on a patch from the inside. Quite the ordeal. > Good thing we had good insurance. > > > > *From:* Steve Jones > *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2022 8:25 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Release of Liability Review > > Ouch > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 8:09 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One of them was 48” I think and washed out a railroad track... And it >> was our fault... >> >> *From:* Chuck McCown via AF >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2022 5:00 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Cc:* Chuck McCown >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Release of Liability Review >> >> I have repaired tons of stuff, bought trees, bought sod, whatever it >> takes to make the landowner happy. Not really their fault either if they >> don’t know it is there. Just the cost of doing business. GL takes care of >> hitting the city water main and washing it all into someone’s basement >> etc. My crews have hit 4 city water mains and it is no picnic. 2 of them >> were our fault. >> >> *From:* Steve Jones >> *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2022 3:32 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Release of Liability Review >> >> When the attorney feeds back I may update the erosion control. But I'm no >> taking liability for somebody who chooses not to water. Even if I put sod >> down it still needs water. I can the soil back in a condition conducive to >> root growth, but I cant control what the landowner does. >> I'll add a link to the JULIE website so customer can see what my >> responsibilities are there. I do think adding that the customer may need to >> expose their own things that's a good idea. >> Will be waiting on the attorney for the what I will do's since that can >> open a whole lot of liabilities. >> I've read through a bunch of them and they range from pristine >> restoration all the way to fuck you, pay me. >> I just dont want to hit some leech field tie in and have to pay for that. >> I carry more insurance than I need but I prefer to not use it. Most >> everything I can locate with the utiliguard, and I can repair most anything >> I hit unknowingly. >> An example is a nearby guy knicked an unknown LP run to a garage. It >> leaked half a full tank and he had to pay for it out of pocket. I'd pay it >> too, I just dont want to be obligated to. >> >> On Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 12:30 PM Chris Fabien <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I wouldn't sign either if I were a homeowner. I think you need to more >>> clearly define what you will and won't do, and what you can and cannot >>> reasonably avoid. For example, you can reasonably avoid a private >>> power run to an out building if the homeowner discloses it's >>> existence, you should have equipment to locate the exact path/depth. >>> Other things that are not locatable, what we do is put the >>> responsibility on the homeowner to locate & expose. We typically have >>> to do this for drainage lines, dog fence wires etc. And you definitely >>> do want a disclaimer of liability for hitting something that was not >>> disclosed and you would have no way to know of it's existence. >>> Whether that disclaimer would stand up in court is another issue. I >>> also think telling the homeowner they are responsible for future >>> erosion control is going too far, your crew should be doing enough >>> restoration to stabilize the ground and get grass growing again. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 11:15 AM Steve Jones <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > You guys who do this want to review this and tell me what im missing. >>> Ive sent it to the attorney for review but shes more an estate attorney, so >>> may be that there are some gotchas im missing. I dont like that its 2 >>> pages, but I like liability even less. >>> > This is more for residential, small commercial and WISP/FISP work . I >>> assume if I get into a bigger drill and bigger work, those contracts will >>> address all that. >>> > >>> > Thanks in advance >>> > -- >>> > AF mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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