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•Water Meter Installations
•FlowMeters and Controls
•Domestic Water Booster Stations
•Backflow Preventers
•Preventative Maintenance
•Pump and Compressor Repairs
•Pool Pump Repairs
•Pump Control Panels
•Electrical Contracting
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and currently sits in the House. We
have been working diligently with the
Assemblymen to try and prevent it
from passing. The statement accom-
panying this bill provides:
“This bill makes void and unen-
forceable any provision, clause,
covenant, or agreement contained
in, collateral to, or affecting a
snowplow or de-icing service con-
tract that purports to indemnify,
defend, or hold harmless, or has
the effect of indemnifying, defend-
ing or holding harmless, the prom-
ise from or against any liability
for loss or damage resulting from
the negligent, intentional acts, or
omission of the promise.”
This bill essentially removes the
ability of the associations to transfer
INSURANCE...
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risk to the snow plow contractor for
the work the contractor is provid-
ing to the community, even if the
contractor’s acts are negligent, or
intentional. This would unneces-
sarily expose an association to a
number of claims that are the result
of the contractors’ faulty work (slip
and falls due to improper plowing,
and de-icing) that the association’s
insurance policies would need to
defend, and could severely restrict
the availability in the marketplace
for associations to obtain coverage.
I hope to be able to continue to
provide insight to the LAC and to the
membership of CAI-NJ relative to bills
that relate to insurance issues. Please
feel free to reach out to me with any
insurance questions you may have as
proposed legislation comes to your
attention. I can be reached via email
at n
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