What to do if I work as a doorman in a condominium and also do painting/carpeting there on my time off but now the condo board wants me to get liability insurance?
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What to do if I work as a doorman in a condominium and also do painting/carpeting there on my time off but now the condo board wants me to get liability insurance?
I do not do this work on a regular basis. If the condo owners want me to perform a service for them. What business is it that I have insurance. They do not check other contractors that come into the building if they have insurance so why would I have to have it doing it on my own time?
Asked on July 9, 2014 under Real Estate Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
The answer is, if the condo board hires someone, including one of its doormen, to do any sort of contracting (including painting or carpeting), it can require that he has liability insurance--otherwise, they do not have to hire you to do these things. It does not matter if it's your time or not; and it's their "business" because if you cause injury somehow, they'd likely have to pay for it unless you have insurance to cover any claims, injuries, or damage. They have a perfect legal right to require this of you; and no, they do not have to be perfectly consistent--they can require this of you even if they do not always check that other contractors have insurance, too.
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