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RE: [Tower-pro] QUESTIONS ON WHO IS LIABLE

If it was anywhere in South Texas, the first person to get a scumbag lawyer
wins.

Seriously though, if you don't have an Iron Clad Contract, get some legal
representation. It is about the only way to get an insurance company to pay.
So what were the details surrounding this? Were the guy wires interlaced, or
did one structure fall on the other? I would think this would be an
open/shut case of contractor liability. A similar incident happened here in
Corpus Christi about 15 years ago at an AM radio station. One tower was
being removed, lost the load, dropped the tower and caught the other as
well. AM station got two new towers out of it.



Good Luck,



Richard Elizondo

Senior Consultant

Ionos Communications

361-887-6700 - Office

361-793-1323 - Mobile

relizondo@...





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From: Tower-pro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Tower-pro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of usedtowers@...
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:56 PM
To: Tower-pro@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Tower-pro] QUESTIONS ON WHO IS LIABLE



HIRED A COMPANY IN TX TO REMOVE SHELTER AND 8 TOWERS. WHILE ON PROJECT
SOMEONE DROPPED TWO 200' ALUMINUM 30" FACE TOWERS ON THE GROUND. ON THERE
WATCH. THEY ARE INSURED.

THANK YOU,

Michael Landa, Director

Landa and Associates, INC

<mailto:SALES@USEDTOWERS. <mailto:SALES%40USEDTOWERS.COM> COM>
SALES@USEDTOWERS. <mailto:SALES%40USEDTOWERS.COM> COM

Phone 360.474.8991

<http://www.usedtowe <http://www.usedtowers.com> rs.com> www.usedtowers.com

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Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:14 pm

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HIRED A COMPANY IN TX TO REMOVE SHELTER AND 8 TOWERS. WHILE ON PROJECT SOMEONE DROPPED TWO 200' ALUMINUM 30" FACE TOWERS ON THE GROUND. ON THERE WATCH. THEY...
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mdlanda
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Jan 12, 2009
9:56 pm

If they worked for you, and you made them supply you with a COI with a Waiver of Subrogation on all of there policies, then there insurance company is stuck...
BRYAN HEABERLIN
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Jan 12, 2009
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It will come down to whether you actually had a contract with them or not.   Jimmy ... From: BRYAN HEABERLIN <mbheab8@...> Subject: RE: [Tower-pro]...
Jimmy Phipps
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Jan 12, 2009
10:22 pm

I suspect it depends a lot on who was contracted to who. If company A contracts with Joe Schmoe to remove 4 towers out of a 6 tower array, and company A...
Blake Bowers
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Jan 12, 2009
10:37 pm

If it was anywhere in South Texas, the first person to get a scumbag lawyer wins. Seriously though, if you don't have an Iron Clad Contract, get some legal ...
Richard Elizondo
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Jan 12, 2009
11:13 pm

Mike, You have got to start hiring better people! How did they drop 2 towers? Didn't someone notice the first one when it came down? Obviously, the company who...
Charles Crizer
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Jan 13, 2009
12:12 am

did they remove the towers did they damage anything .i dont understand what the issue is here . was the tower something you were going to resale and didnt want...
tracy
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Jan 13, 2009
1:55 am

WE HIRED "GC" THAT SUPPLIED US WITH OUR COMPANY NAMED AS CERTIFICATE HOLDER: 5M,. UMBRELLA POLICY AND ANOTHER 2M IS MISC. GC HIRED TO REMOVE 8 EA TOWERS,...
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mdlanda
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Jan 13, 2009
3:36 am

Wow. The towers were stolen. That's different than just dropped. Even if the GC was doing work, they are not liable for someone stealing the towers. If someone...
Charles Crizer
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Jan 13, 2009
4:08 am

Sounds like the thieves knew how to drop a Tower, did they remove the towers from the site? If they did, I would check the scrap yards within a 50 mile...
BRYAN HEABERLIN
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Jan 13, 2009
1:26 pm

Sorry to hear that Mike but that story is a little hard to believe. The price of used Aluminum, and Copper is at an all time low. No thief would go through...
Richard Elizondo
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Jan 13, 2009
1:49 pm

aluminum is like cash i bet theres a scrape yard full of tower parts somewhere close. there little doubt that someone on site was a link in your chain. how...
tracy
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Jan 13, 2009
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as the GC, you are ultimately liable for ANY work or damage done by your subcontractor ... From: usedtowers@... <usedtowers@...> Subject:...
tim kenslea
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Jan 13, 2009
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One would think - but I even today got a phone call from a tower crew wanting to remove dishes on a tower for free, if they could have the scrap Aluminium. ...
Blake Bowers
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Jan 13, 2009
5:57 pm

Wow. There isn't much $$ in even 10ft microwave dishes. We removed 2 from a roof and I gave them to my crew lead and saved the $200 disposal costs. He was...
Charles Crizer
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Jan 13, 2009
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Coppers trading at a 1.49 per pound and aluminum is at .66, and that is for #1. Copper in july was around 3.50 To: Tower-pro@...:...
BRYAN HEABERLIN
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Jan 13, 2009
7:03 pm

Typical AT&T Cornicopia dish, 2200 lbs of aluminium. Minimum of 4 on the tower. $.70 a lb is what we are quoted this morning, CMC scrap. 6 grand. The site...
Blake Bowers
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