Thank you for taking the time to read (and hopefully answer!) my question - it's actually a 2-part question.
1) If a building owner or someone hired by the building owner modifies a fire door in a way that is not allowed by the fire door standards, or if he neglects to maintain his fire door so that it does not function properly in a fire, does this constitute negligence? Would this impact the insurance claim if there is a fire?
2) There is a fairly new code requirement which has been adopted in several states and requires fire doors to be inspected annually and the inspection documented. Do insurance companies require documentation of a building's fire doors as a condition of the policy?
1) If a building owner or someone hired by the building owner modifies a fire door in a way that is not allowed by the fire door standards, or if he neglects to maintain his fire door so that it does not function properly in a fire, does this constitute negligence? Would this impact the insurance claim if there is a fire?
2) There is a fairly new code requirement which has been adopted in several states and requires fire doors to be inspected annually and the inspection documented. Do insurance companies require documentation of a building's fire doors as a condition of the policy?