000			01562cam a2200313 4500
001			ABS64472
008			010918n2001 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u114633
100			_aWinter, J.
245			_aContractors' negligence liability a burning issue
260			_c2001
490			_aConstruction News _v(6372) 6 September 2001, 40(1)
520			_aMany construction contracts contain a clause requiring the employer to take out insurance to cover the risk of damage to its property. Such clauses can have the unexpected effect of protecting a negligent contractor or subcontractor, who accidentally damages an employer's property, and preventing the latter from recovering damages. Discusses a number of cases which illustrate this scenario. Advises employers to ensure it is clarified, in all contracts, what effect an obligation on the employer to insure will have on his rights to claim damages for negligence from the involved contractors.
590			_aABS
650			_aEMPLOYERS
650			_aInsurance _96249
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aCONTRACTORS
650			_aContracts _96232
650			_aDAMAGE TO PROPERTY
650			_aSCOTTISH SPECIAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION V WIMPEY CONSTRUCTION UK LTD
650			_aNORWICH CITY COUNCIL V HARVEY
650			_aNATIONAL TRUST V HADEN YOUNG
650			_aLB BARKING & DAGENHAM V STAMFORD ASPHALT
650			_aBRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS V JAMES THOMSON AND SONS
650			_aCASSON V OSTLEY
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING CONTRACT FORMS
942			_n0
999			_c68297 _d68297