Joe Ferry, Esq., Meet the Inspector Advocate Who Works to Protect Home Inspectors

Joe Ferry is a Philadelphia lawyer with a national practice advising home inspectors on liability issues. He is a practicing trial attorney in Read more

Home Inspector Liability, Can We Talk?

The professional home inspector, like any professional - doctor, lawyer, certified public accountant - has a professional liability exposure that he must consider if he wants to be a good steward of his business. In the last two years, I have been called upon to consult with home inspectors who have received demands for payment for alleged professional negligence either from their former clients or from attorneys representing those clients. Read more

Home Inspection Claims Can Be Managed!

The problem with receiving a demand letter from a former client or his lawyer is that it
has to be responded to whether or not the claim has merit.

Most claims against home inspectors lack merit for one or more reasons. Generally,
meritless claims fall into one of five categories. It seeks damages for something for
which the home inspection is not responsible. In other words, the item for which the
claimant is seeking redress is something that is beyond the ability of a home inspector
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Managing Expectations is Key to Eliminating E & O Claims

One of the most important that a home inspector can do to lower his chances of being sued by a client is to manage his client’s expectations of just what a home inspection entails.

Most people who are buying houses are first time buyers or have not purchased a home in quite some time. Not infrequently they have completely unrealistic notions of what you are likely to uncover in a two hour inspection. Not a few of them are under the impression that you are going to discover everything that is currently wrong with the home . . . and everything that was ever wrong with it. Obviously, that is not going to happen and it is your job as a professional to disabuse them of that absurd notion. Read more

Home Inspector Liability is Something That Must Be Addressed NOW!

The professional home inspector, like any professional - doctor, lawyer, certified public accountant - has a professional liability exposure that he must consider if he wants to be  a good steward of his business. In the last two years, I have been called upon to consult with home inspectors who have received demands for Read more