you go ahead and chase them for the money they illegally took from you then and let me know how that turns out but while you are off chasing rainbows:
It doesn't make any difference if the contractor or the management remedied the situation.So it seems pretty clear that the contractor should have been put on notice of 93A by the property manager, with a demand for relief by means of clearing the obstruction from the egress doors.
Ya see, even if your argument is correct, it still does not mean it would get done for free. Whoever performed the service is due payment for those services so in the end, you would have paid for it regardless of who did it. Why you believe there should be no charge for the work is beyond me. If the management demanded the snow removal contractor clear the decks, (with the assumption the directive previously was to dump the snow anywhere), the contractor would have every right to demand payment for the additional work.
The only argument you would have to dispute the money you were charged would be if the management claims the snow removal contractor did not fulfill his contract and the hiring entity is due a partial refund to cover the services that had to be hired out to complete. If that is the case, chase after the management group since that is who the bad guy is in this situation.
So no, I am not wrong in this one...
you don't get work done for free and that is what I have maintained throughout this thread.

