Can a standard contractor surrounded by GA hold costs to a subcontractor base on an insurance claim file on the proper
A subcontracted framer caused wreck to the property and the GC is holding payment because nobody's insurance wishes to pay.
You must be the sub. If so pay for the repairs or do not expect any compensation.
That seem like a hugely fair goings-on.
To be even more certain, why not re-post this ask under the LAW & ETHICS subdivision? Lawyers look there.
In the meantime, I ponder the holding of the funds is a proper action. Confirm this, please, near an attorney.
Answers: What does the contract voice?
Likely, that framer is going to have to repay the GC for the damage. Any wounded to HIS part of the work - aka the framing - is going to be excluded beneath his GL coverage. Likewise, the GC's work doesn't cover shoddy work done by the sub.
In other words, there isn't any insurance out here, that will pay the sub for ruin they do to their own work. Or shoddy work, that causes wreck to someone else's part of it. Most of the time, the GC can - and will - hold out on stipend until the damages have be taken care of.