News And Reflections On Legal Issues In Western Pennsylvania And West Virginia

People may be coming and going on your property in Carnegie all the time. As a property owner, it is your responsibility to ensure that they remain safe while there. Yet just how far does that responsbilty extend? The answer to that question depends largely on what type visitor a person found on your land is determined to be. While you (and one who is is injured while on your property) may not currenlty understand such formalities, they may go a long way in protecting you in the event if a liability claim. 

There are generally three legal classifications of visitors: invitees, licensees and trespassers. Invitees are those that you have invited to come on to your property. Licensees are parties who may enter on to your property during the course of their wwork. Trespassers are people who come on to your property without your persmission. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has set the following standard for assigning property owner liability: 

• You have a legal duty of care to visitors on your property
• You failed to conform to that duty
• There is a causal connection between that failure and the visitor's injury
• The visitor sufffered actual loss or damages

With any construction project in Pennsylvania regardless of its size, there are so many moving pieces and parts that have to be coordinated for a successful outcome. Often, many projects have several components that are contracted to third-parties who are responsible for using their competencies to guarantee that a project is safe, functional and built in accordance to specifications for local zoning ordinances as well as the buyer's requirements. 

A construction manager assumes a large amount of this responsibility and is in charge of overseeing a majority of the project's components to ensure that everyone is doing their job and not cutting any corners. A large part of their responsibility is to be in regular communication with all parties as a sort of liaison who makes sure that no specifications have been missed along the way.

You have probably seen dash cameras for sale online and in stores around Pennsylvania. They are becoming quite popular among drivers who want to protect themselves when on the road. You may wonder, though, if these cameras and the footage they capture can really help you in an accident. The short answer is yes, they can help in an accident, according to USA Today.

The main benefit is they provide you with evidence. If you capture an accident and the video is clear, you could provide that as proof of who was at fault. It could save you a lot of time and money. These cameras also can be handy if your vehicle is vandalized or if it is damaged in a hit and run type situation. You may help law enforcement to find the person responsible.

As somebody who is a construction contractor in the state of Pennsylvania, you might be considering avenues to grow your enterprise. Contractors that are eager to establish a favorable reputation will look for big projects that, once completed, they can take to the public as proof that they are ready for large scale, high paying construction jobs. However, rushing into a project that is too big for your company could be a mistake.

Construction Business Owner explains that a contractor that agrees to a contract that is far larger and more complicated than jobs it has undertaken in the past is a likely recipe for failure. Among the problems associated with taking on a job that is too big for your company to handle include the following:

• You do not have the resources to carry out the job or you end up diverting so many resources into the job that your other projects are deprived.
• The bigger job eats up much of your budget and your other jobs do not provide enough cash flow to compensate.
• You end up in a relationship with a bigger contractor and find the relationship hard to navigate.
• You do not have experience with the type of project you signed up for and run into problems you are not equipped to handle.