My question involves a consumer law issue in the State of: MASSACHUSETTS
Our condo association, via our manager, hired an independent contractor to shovel our roof earlier this year. In their haste to get paid, the contractor simply dumped everything from the roof onto each unit owner's back deck, creating a 5ft wall of snow and ice blocking our sliding doors. Since the sliding door is the only other means of egress besides the front door, this created a fire hazard. I was eventually forced to call our local fire department to get relief, and they agreed that this was indeed a fire hazard and contacted the property manager, who in turn sent his own men to clear the decks. I later discovered that the property manager billed our association thousands of dollars to return and compete this work. My question, because the original contractor created a code-violating condition by blocking our means of egress, were they not responsible to remedy? Is it lawful for our association to be billed for the clearing of the decks? Thank you for reading.

