ARE YOU GUILTY OF NEGLIGENT HIRING? In the world of property management, negligent hiring is more than a legal term. Landlords are required to take reasonable precautions to protect tenants from criminal activity and warn tenants of known risks. Courts across the country have repeatedly held landlords accountable when they fail to properly screen the people they hire. Negligent hiring claims arise when an employee, contractor, or maintenance worker harms a tenant, and the landlord could or should have known about the worker’s dangerous background. In these cases, property owners who skip background checks or cut corners can be found liable for crimes committed on their watch.
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO SKIP BACKGROUND CHECKS OR CUT CORNERS CAN BE FOUND LIABLE FOR CRIMES COMMITTED ON THEIR WATCH.
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