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Article: Wisconsin subcontractors fight risk transfer
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- Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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If a tree falls on someone, the landscape contractor that planted
the sapling likely will hear about it.
Depending on where the tree was planted, the subcontractor could
be responsible for any hospital bills even if the company did the
job 10 years ago, a trend that is flustering subcontractors in
Wisconsin. The companies, whether landscapers or tile installers,
are being asked by generals and owners to accept more responsibility
for longer periods, said Jeffrey Beiriger, executive director of the
American Subcontractors Association of Wisconsin Inc.
"The terms of those contracts are becoming increasingly one-
sided," he said, "and part of that is reflective of the fact that
because of the ...