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Secure Verbal Assumption of Liability

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Caught on Tape!

What happens here

The creator directly addresses the client (Ben), stating, 'We don't want to be responsible for any damage that happens to the house.' He asks Ben if he will take responsibility for anything that could go wrong. Ben explicitly states, 'I, Ben Erickson, take responsibility for anything that could go wrong.' The creator then asks another crew member if he is also not responsible, who agrees. This short, sweet, and simple verbal agreement, captured on video, clarifies who holds the liability.

Goal: Obtain explicit verbal agreement from the client to assume all responsibility

Tools and materials

  • Smartphone or Camera — To record the verbal agreement and capture the liability transfer

What they say

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responsible for any damage that happens to the house. You're You're good with that? been asked to take responsibility for anything that could go wrong. All right, how about you? And he's not responsible. [laughter] I'm the one responsible. Perfect. And so, with that being said, I just want to be very clear that we're just going to do this to help you guys out. But, if it goes south on us, that's on you guys. Correct. Perfect. We'll do the best we can for you then. We're good with that? Good with that. Good with that. All right. For us to do this, what we've agreed on is that we want that chimney disconnected from the post coming up in front of it. Because if it pulls, we know it can pull all that way. So, Ben, if you want us to do it, Yep, we're going to disconnect that up there. Disconnect the chimney from the from the wall. Okay. I think I think that'll be our safest bet, so. So, thank you. Appreciate that. On this job, we're actually set up to do an excavation project along with a small soil correction and potentially some frost ripping. We're really not prepared to do a demolition job. This just came to us out of the blue. Sometimes, it's

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