Originally posted by Bufnwax
OrangeCrest: Who you do business with may require proof of ins...
I work for a contractor who is the 19th largest in the nation for residential building...
How you describe insurance has the same passion I have towards gambling.
I had an incident that fortunately wasn't one where someone just so happened to be walking by at the time.
I had a ball valve on my surface cleaner that burst and shot out boiling water about hip high.
Unlike my normal luck of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, I was lucky no one was walking past my surface cleaner when it blew; but just seconds prior to that, two floorers did walk past it.
I have people walk right up on me and right in the path that I am washing. People don't seem to have the concept of high-pressure water being expelled at 220-degrees.
Stupidity doesn't work against a person that was stupid enough to walk into the path of a power washer.
I had water blast me in the chest and forearm, believe me, the skin fries on contact, and I still have the scares 1.5-years later.
Just out of curiosity, what would you do if you did, or your employee blasted someone with boiling water?
You know a multi-million-dollar lawsuit is on its way; recall the customer that spilled hot coffee in her lap at McDonalds?
I believe in standing up for my wrongs and righting that wrong. I would hope that if a business or person did this to me, that I would be compensated because if I don't work, my kids will loose everything that I have worked so hard to build up to be able to provide them the best chance of success in their futures.
One other question, are you a corp. or LLC?
I don't know if a business could be held criminally responsible for not being insured, but if you ruin someone’s livelihood, don't you believe they should be?