Do I need to be at the property when I hire workers?

[Karen S.]

If I hire someone to do work (i.e. gardener, plumber), by law do I need to be present and watch them do their work? I have a tenant that says he is intending to sue me and one of his claims is my "failure to manage the agents and contractors" that I hire. I hired a landscaper to come cut down a tree in the yard and while they were there, I asked that they pull all the overgrown weeds and spray weed killer. This was in June 2013. In Oct, he called the police to file a police report that his property was stolen when the landscaper came 4 months ago.

This tenant is moving out at the end of Feb but before he does, he wants to file a lawsuit so for the last couple of months, he has been trying to build his case against me. He has nothing but he's trying his best to find things.

Back to the question, I don't legally have to be at the property when work is being done, right?