Business Law

Tom hired a demolition company, to level an old building on a busy downtown lot. The demo company was given full rein to decide on the amount of explosives needed and the placement of the charges. Security for the site on the day of the explosion was contracted out to a private security firm. When the appointed day arrived, the building was brought down. However, the building fell in a slightly different direction than that anticipated by the demo company. Numerous pieces of adjoining property, both real property and personal property, were severely damaged. Tom claims that the use of an independent contractor such as the demo company has insulated him from liability. What do you think about Tom’s claim?