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Liability question: paying someone to blow leaves off roof

DownEastDeac said:
I've always handled this task myself, but getting to the age when it's probably not the best idea for me to keep doing it going forward. And realizing that you can be sued for literally anything by anybody, what are the general risks and precautions of paying someone to do this job?
There's plenty of guys around here who offer that service as part of their lawncare duties, but I'm guessing most don't have liability insurance. And TBH other than having a tree service take down trees close to my house (in case he dropped one right thru my living room), I've never asked for it from a guy mowing my lawn, painting my house, fixing my toilet, etc. But tromping on my roof just and falling off seems like it might be ripe for an "I'm on top of it"-type lawyer.
My roof is ranch-style, i.e. not inherently risky as far as pitch, and I do have an umbrella policy. I'd require the guy to use his own ladder, blower, etc. to lessen any contributory liability on my end.
Thoughts?
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Awful to say this, but this is why people hire immigrants who are here without papers.
 
whatever you do don’t hire one of your basketball players to do it because your house will inevitably get tp’d next time you’re on vacation
 
Milhouse said:
what does that have to do with people hiring immigrants without papers to do work around the margins
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Windy's statement was that people hire undocumented immigrants to avoid liability. If they do, they are stupid, because undocumented immigrants can file lawsuits and workers' compensation claims.
 
Louis Gossett Jr said:
Windy it looks like a new tier 2 law donk has arrived to challenge you.
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I will admit, I found it humorous that DownEast started a thread asking for legal advice while bashing the lawyers who could have easily provided an answer, and the first person to respond was Windy. Fuck you guys, I'm going home.
 
wakelaw13 said:
Windy's statement was that people hire undocumented immigrants to avoid liability. If they do, they are stupid, because undocumented immigrants can file lawsuits and workers' compensation claims.
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Doesn't make him factually incorrect. He wasn't offering up a take on whether it was right.
 
wakelaw13 said:
Windy's statement was that people hire undocumented immigrants to avoid liability. If they do, they are stupid, because undocumented immigrants can file lawsuits and workers' compensation claims.
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of course they can. But being undocumented many times they are scared to, believing they will be deported.
Feel free to tell me i'm wrong....
 
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