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Landscapers, contractors press legislature for liability limits on snow contracts
Summary
Landscape and snow-service operators told the committee indemnification clauses and liability exposure are forcing insurers out and limiting businesses; witnesses supported a liability-shield bill passed in other states.
Owners and representatives from landscaping and snow-removal businesses told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development that indemnification and hold-harmless clauses in contracts make insurers unwilling to cover snow operations and expose contractors to high settlement costs for incidents they cannot control.
Douglas McDuff of Landscape America described a 2021 slip-and-fall claim that settled for $365,000 after his insurer dropped the company; he and…
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