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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Does anyone have a referral for a construction law firm or attorney in Arkansas? Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img width=623 height=349 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC6313.1BB7F1B0" alt="Description: Description: Description: DMA2"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gibbons, Michael<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 19, 2011 3:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Commercial Job (church)withvolunteerlabor<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> Turns out that "volunteers" working without remuneration are not "employees" of the GC under comp law. Mea culpa. See, Fla. Stat. s. 440.02(15)(d)6 (person who does not receive remuneration for services is presumed a "volunteer" which is defined not to be an "employee" for ch. 440 WC purposes). So, the volunteer Church workforce will not have claims against the GC's WC policy but will have claims, if injured, against GC's GL policy (unless excluded under the GL policy). </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> Fla. Stats. ss. 440.09 and 440.10 mandate (absent statutory exemption) that the employer (GC) provide WC benefits to injured employees. Though I invite others to cite to statutory or common law authority permitting advance releases from BI claims in the employment context, it would appear from the mandatory statutory language and public policy grounds that such would not be enforceable in the employment context.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> Due to these volunteers not being ch. 440 employees and not subject to WC coverage, the caselaw David cited may apply and be enforceable to permit advance waivers of BI claims.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><b>Michael R. Gibbons (<a href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons">Bio</a>)<br>Shareholder<br></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'>Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.<br>450 South Orange Avenue, 8th Floor<br>Orlando, FL 32801<br>Phone: 407-418-6378<br>Fax: 407-843-4444<br>email:</span> <a href="mailto:michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com</span></a><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'>website:</span> <a href="http://www.lowndes-law.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.lowndes-law.com</span></a><br><br> <img border=0 width=70 height=67 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC6313.1BB7F1B0"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gibbons, Michael<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 19, 2011 12:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Commercial Job (church) withvolunteerlabor</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> Injured workers, volunteer or otherwise, will likely have recourse against the GC's Workers Comp policy as the statutory employer of record. Not an expert on comp law, but that is my understanding. As the GC of record, GC's GL policy will also be exposed to claims for both third party BI and PD claims.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> I am not sure a worker, volunteer or otherwise, can enforceably release in advance claims for jobsite injuries. If that were the case, I suspect all kinds of employers would extract such concessions from their employees or laborers. I would suggest the GC get a (725.06 compliant) indemnity and hold harmless agreement from the Church itself which is the entity actually benefitting from everyone's volunteering and the entity likely best able to respond to an actual claim for indemnity from the GC.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><b>Michael R. Gibbons (<a href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons">Bio</a>)<br>Shareholder<br></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'>Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.<br>450 South Orange Avenue, 8th Floor<br>Orlando, FL 32801<br>Phone: 407-418-6378<br>Fax: 407-843-4444<br>email:</span> <a href="mailto:michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com</span></a><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:green'>website:</span> <a href="http://www.lowndes-law.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.lowndes-law.com</span></a><br><br> <img border=0 width=70 height=67 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC6313.1BB7F1B0"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>fred.dudley@hklaw.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 19, 2011 11:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Commercial Job (church) with volunteerlabor</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Off the top of my head:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>1.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>No license is required for these volunteers, since they are not being compensated;</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>2.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>Any liability for injuries on the premises (anytime) should be a matter covered by the church’s property insurance policy, so they may want to consult with their agent.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='margin-top:4.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Frederick Dudley</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#001A63'>Holland & Knight</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><br>Board Certified Construction Lawyer<br>315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 600 | Tallahassee FL 32301<br>Phone 850.425.5668 | Fax 850.224.8832 | Cell 850.294.3471<br><a href="mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com"><span style='color:#002776;text-decoration:none'>fred.dudley@hklaw.com</span></a> | <a href="http://www.hklaw.com/"><span style='color:#002776;text-decoration:none'>www.hklaw.com</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#BBBBBB'>________________________________________________<br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#999999'><a href="http://www.hklaw.com/vcard.aspx?user=frdudley"><span style='color:#00A9E0;text-decoration:none'>Add to address book</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#00A9E0'> | <a href="http://www.hklaw.com/id77/biosfrdudley"><span style='color:#00A9E0;text-decoration:none'>View professional biography</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert E. Doan<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 19, 2011 11:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br><b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Commercial Job (church) with volunteer labor</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>A church owner wants to use “volunteers” from the congregation to do much of the labor on a renovation. A GC will be paid to pull permits and actually supervise and direct the work (not just pull permits and disappear.) GC is concerned about liability for these volunteers if they are injured on the job and would like to address it as much as possible contractually and/or with waivers/releases signed by the volunteers. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Anyone dealt with this scenario before. If so, please reply directly to me at: <a href="mailto:robert@lawgainesville.com">robert@lawgainesville.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Robert E. 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