Due to the gaping hole in Ayalon routes, the Azrieli group is exposed to a very large tort claim, among other things from Ayalon routes.
The sinkhole on the Ayalon South road near the Shalom interchange, photo: Hosea Yosef
This is how the senior insurance consultant, attorney Erez Kedem, explains. "The problem is that, although the group has contract work insurance, in light of its conduct, it is not at all certain that the insurance company will agree to pay the compensation, or disavow its responsibility in the first place."
Another Erez Kedem, photo: Nati Hadad
Attorney Kedem explains that an insurance policy for contract work provides coverage for accidental, sudden and unexpected damages if the conduct of the insured company is normal and complies with clear rules.
"They did not conduct themselves according to the accepted rules", photo: Yehoshua Yosef
"In the aforementioned case, it is claimed that already last Thursday, Azrieli engineers noticed dripping and seepage. To the extent that they did not act as required of them - to contact professional parties in a panic in order to characterize the risk and stop as much as possible the leakage, which led to the formation of the sinkhole, the insurance coverage In the contract work policy, we are at risk."
The Azrieli Group previously encountered groundwater during the excavations and even stopped the project and replaced the operating contractor "Ashstrom" with "Soll Bona".
This apparently implies that they had to take into account the scenario in which water would continue to seep in, in a way that could open potholes in the vicinity of the construction site and act accordingly.
the sinkhole
Azrieli will sue for huge sums?, Photo: Yehshua Yosef
"They should have invited a land consultant, a constructor, to the area without delay, as early as Thursday and, of course, at the same time, inform Elon Routes of the developments," continues Adv. , in order to prevent injury to the soul.
The group also has a professional liability policy and it is not impossible that the claim will be handled under the professional liability policy of the group and/or of the contractor and other professionals," he concludes.
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