When leasing a property, a property owner must keep the property in good repair. Unless the property owner maintains the property himself or herself, this requires the property owner to retain the services of independent contractors throughout the course of his or her property ownership.
In Eagle Truck Services LLC v. Wojdalski, 2014 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 134 (Apr. 22, 2014), Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, in a sharply worded memorandum opinion, explains why she, during a non-jury trial, found a property owner liable for damages sustained by his tenants as a result of a fire caused by a contractor who was replacing the roof to one of the buildings located on the property.
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