Re: Why Your Yugo Doesn't Perform Like a Cadillac

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On May 1, 1:06=EF=BF=BDpm, "Bob Worthy" <secur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Matt Ion" <soundy...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:gtf0mb$elc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > G. Morgan wrote:
> >> Bob La Londe wrote:
>
> > A friend had a cable installer hit power drilling through the floor.
> > Started a small fire, in fact. =EF=BF=BDFortunately he lived right acro=
ss the
> > street from the fire department...
>
> > Took months to get the repairs paid for as the (subcontractor) installe=
r
> > and the cable company battled over who was responsible to cover the
> > damage...
>
> That is the problem with some of these companies paying people as
> subcontractors. Or in other words, trying to beat the system by not payin=
g
> them as employees. If a person is a true subcontractor, they need to sign=
 a
> contract for each job they do, carry workers comp and liability insurance
> and have the applicable license. If this was a guy with a pickup working =
for
> a days pay, he wasn't a subcontractor by definition and probably didn't h=
ave
> insurance coverage. The cable company would be responsible. If the guy, b=
y
> some chance did have insurance, it was on him. No battle required. When I
> worked nationally, I had 28 subcontract companies work for me. They all h=
ad
> to produce the required insurances and licensing in the states they worke=
d
> in. Separate contract for each job. Any damage was on them. Had an
> underground contractor that put a hydraulic torpedo through a sewer drain
> under an asphalt parking area in Houston, TX. The heat of the summer came
> about a month later and had a garbage truck go through to it's rear axles
> due to erosion under the parking lot. When I saw our underground cable
> running right through the pipe, I called the contractor. He than called h=
is
> insurance and I didn't hear another word about it.

That's because the mob owned the garbage truck.

You will never hear from that subcontractor ...... again.