<div dir="ltr">Tough question. If the GC's had a clause in it disclaiming all liability for work done by others at direction or contract with the owner the GC should not be liable. However, if the work performed by others had to be done before the GC could do its part of the work, the GC may have had a duty to ensure work by others that is going to be covered up or become part of the final product is done correctly. In those cases, a decent argument could be made that the GC failed to properly inspect the work of others and should not have performed its own work on top of defective work.<div><br></div><div>This sounds like an interesting case. </div><div><br></div><div>Ed</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:13px;outline:none;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><table style="font-size:medium;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;max-width:100%;font-family:Roboto,Verdana,Arial"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 8px 0px 0px"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1KalMQW05id6VH9XGGOU4m_4qGNKHkGKe&revid=0B5E1kpjo603nd2NmVXNnalQva01PMkZuZnp1RkFJcmpRZ1M4PQ" width="81" height="96"></td><td valign="top" style="border-left:3px solid rgb(0,0,0);border-top-color:rgb(0,0,0);border-right-color:rgb(0,0,0);border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0px 0px 0px 8px"><div style="font-size:1.2em"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Edward J. Kinberg</i></font></div><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:11.52px"><b>Attorney</b></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> | </span><b style="font-size:12.8px">Stewart Law CS, LLC.</b><span style="font-size:12.8px"> <br></span></font><div style="line-height:1em"><font size="2">1033 Florida Avenue South, Suite B Rockledge, Florida 32955</font></div><div style="line-height:1em"><font size="2"><font face="georgia, serif">321 541-6845 <span style="color:rgb(171,171,171)">a:</span><span style="color:rgb(171,171,171)"> </span></font>e, FL 32955</font><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family:Roboto,Verdana,Arial;line-height:10px;font-size:10px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,Verdana,Arial;line-height:10px;font-size:10px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,Verdana,Arial;line-height:10px;font-size:10px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Review by anyone other than the intended recipients is prohibited and may be unlawful. You must delete this message and any copy of it (in any form) without disclosing it if you believe this message has been sent to you in error. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by reply e-mail, by forwarding this to </span><a href="mailto:desirestewart@stewartlawcs.com" style="font-family:"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">desirestewart@stewartlawcs.com</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Lucida Grande",Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"> or by telephone at (321)541-6845.</span><br></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,Verdana,Arial;line-height:10px;font-size:10px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 3:20 PM RPPTL CLC-Discussion <<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-3440083806038765505">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>CLC, this issue seems familiar, but I can’t locate an email thread.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Does anyone have that thread, or any thoughts on the issue below? Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Facts: </span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>Owner engages General Contractor (“GC”) for commercial construction project.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>GC obtains the necessary Building Permit.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>Owner independently engages “sub” contractors for certain subcontract work (direct privity between Owner and Owner’s Subs – GC not involved.)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>The municipality in which the project is taking place uses a single permit system.<u></u><u></u></span></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>Subcontractors merely fill out and submit a Subcontractor Job Card, which references the GC’s permit #.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>All work performed by subcontractors takes place under that GC’s permit #.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="color:black">GC did not authorize those subcontractors engaged by the Owner to work under his permit, but, given the municipality’s single permit system, they ended up under his
permit by default. (No grant of authority or sign off by the GC is required.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>Owner’s direct privity contractors produce deficient work within their scope.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black"><span>Owner now claims that GC is responsible for the deficient work of Owner’s Contractors because GC obtained building permit.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span>Question:</span></u></b><span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Is a general contractor liable for deficiencies in, or remediation of, the work of subcontractors who were engaged by and in direct privity with the property owner, if those subcontractors obtained permitting
under the general contractors permit? Case law is welcome. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thank you.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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