If contractor digs and breaks work another contractor has done, who is responsible?

Electrician needs to eat that

Did you sign a contract? If so, you better read it, if not I wouldn't pay the repair work.

If he put a concealed conditions clause in the contractor you’ll more than likely have to eat it. Drains typically don’t show up on a utility locate and contractors can’t see underground

If you didn't tell him where drain field was, how was he supposed to know? I mean if he hit your irrigation lines, would you expect him to fix those as well?

811 Will not locate sewer as its not able to be located with the equipment they carry, also by digging without locates in any regards by law he is in wrong. secondly if the pipe was not damaged upon his arrival but was damaged upon his leaving then you have him by the nuts to do as you please. Its only a question of how far he wants to take it before he bends the knee.

Likely this is too small of an amount to have a real legal proceeding so this is a man-to-man dispute. I would suggest you call your electrician and tell him that he should eat the bill and provide examples why. Did you give him permission to work in that area at that time? Did you give him a drawing? Was he digging using proper methods? I would've used one of those T-shape pipe locators first, I don't know where everything is in my land.

Eventually you will have to either work out a split, pay all of it, or tell him to see you in court, but either extreme is not desireable. So work out a split.

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My electrician was digging in ground to hook up permanent power line in ground and hit my field drain pipe. Got my bill today and on the bill was for service of my plumber to fix field drain adddd to my bill from electrician.
I wasn’t home when it was done and was never asked where piping was .

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This is a good bar exam question.

Lot of facts that could sway this one way or the other.

Offer to split it with him and I’m sure he will cover it. What did it cost for repair $400???