Limited Warranty, Conditions & Exceptions

LIMITED WARRANTY

Shoes For Crews North America, LLC (“Shoes For Crews” or “SFC”) hereby agrees to reimburse a company that is participating in (and has entered into an agreement governing) any Shoes For Crews corporate shoe purchasing program (“Participating Company”) in Canada for any benefits that the Participating Company is required by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (Ontario) or comparable legislation in other provinces of Canada (the “Legislation”) to pay to a specific employee (or alternatively is required to reimburse to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (Ontario) or comparable government or regulatory agencies in other provinces of Canada (“WSIB”)) in respect of a specific employee) as contribution in whole or in part for benefits payable to such injured employee pursuant to the provisions of the Legislation, for injuries sustained by employees of Participating Company resulting from slip and fall accidents while wearing shoes purchased from Shoes For Crews, subject to the conditions and exceptions set out herein. Such reimbursements shall be evidenced by a statement from the WSIB to the Participating Company which itemizes such required reimbursements by the Participating Company and their amounts (the “Statement Expenses”).

CONDITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS:

At the time of the accident, the employee must have been wearing shoes purchased through a Shoes For Crews corporate shoe purchasing program within six (6) months prior to the accident date.
Accidents occurring: (1) due to solid obstacles on the floor; (2) on ice surfaces; (3) in freezers, or coolers; (4) in sub-zero or sub-freezing environments; or (5) due to the employee's, Participating Company's, or a third party's negligent, reckless or otherwise wrongful acts are specifically excluded from coverage under this Limited Warranty. Acceptable surface conditions include, but are not limited to, water, grease, liquefied fats, and synthetic lubricants.
The maximum reimbursement for an individual claim is up to $5,000, and the annual maximum reimbursement for all individual claims combined from accidents in a calendar year is limited to 20% of Participating Company's purchases from SFC during the calendar year in which the accident occurs.
Shoes For Crews' reimbursement, pursuant to this Limited Warranty, is for Statement Expenses only. Claims other than Statement Expenses will not be considered for payment including, but not limited to, expenses due to time lost at work and the amount of premiums payable by the Participating Company to the WSIB.
Shoes For Crews reserves the right to require written verification, or other documentation from the employee confirming the absence or presence of any of the above conditions on form(s) provided by Shoes For Crews.
The Limited Warranty may be cancelled at any time by Shoes For Crews if Participating Company is more than sixty (60) days delinquent at that time on any invoice(s) from Shoes For Crews.
The Limited Warranty applies solely to slip and fall accidents that occur on a level floor within Participating Company's workplace while the employee is engaged in his or her regular job duties. For the avoidance of doubt, all other surfaces are excluded from this Limited Warranty.
Accidents occurring on or involving stairs or occurring outdoors are excluded from coverage in any form for purposes of this Limited Warranty.
The CrewGuard® shoe covering as well as shoes not using an SFC outsole such as the are expressly excluded from this Limited Warranty.
Final claims for reimbursements must be made within two (2) years of the accident date. Reimbursements for claims submitted after the two (2) year anniversary date of the accident will result in denial of the claim.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:

Participating Company must report the occurrence of any covered accident to Shoes For Crews (on form(s) to be provided by Shoes For Crews) which must be received by Shoes For Crews within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of such accident. Failure to notify Shoes For Crews within the stated time period will result in denial of any claim.

TERMINATION:

This Limited Warranty shall automatically be cancelled upon the termination of any corporate shoe purchasing program that Participating Company has with Shoes For Crews or the termination of any other agreement or agreements that may exist between Shoes For Crews and the Participating Company.

VENUE:

This Limited Warranty shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. The venue for any action arising out of this Limited Warranty shall be in the state or federal courts located in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Shoes For Crews North America, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company
Matthew Smith, CEO