If a court found the PM was 75% responsible for negligence, and you 25% because you didn't exercise reasonable oversight, on a $1 million verdict you would only be responsible for $250k.

Still, while you may consider suing the contractor (if, say, you agreed on a certain price/scope of work and b/c of his negligence or breach of contract you have to pay a higher price/do additional work or you're put in a worse position), it may be best to focus on what's in front of you - the project - and consider suing thereafter once you have more information about costs, delays, damages, etc, and an opportunity to reflect on whether it's worth it. 

If the property management company allowed someone to get hurt by their negligence, who selected them? 

Difficult to get a government agency to pin point whether there is fraud or negligence. 

Unfortunately, I didn't notice this prior to refunding the security deposit (yes, negligent on my part).  

I posted in December about our pipes freezing due to negligence by our rental company.

This structure gives the investor a chance to get out of the ARM with little or no penalties after year 2 (1% is almost negligible in most scenarios) and essentially gives a 3 year window to refi before any adjustments ever occur. 

However,he has employed an aggressive real estate attorney and is accusing me of not maintaining the property ( his statements are blatantly false ) and denying that he owes me rent .He owes $5000 rent arrears ( less $1350 deposit ) and has caused damage to the property via wilful negligence.

., negligence) -- which, in my estimation, accounts for 99% of all tenant or invitee v. landlord disputes.

I’ve been doing STR with it but it’s not going so well and my property manager has been quite negligent.