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O/t if this happened in uk

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:46 pm
by shrimpnsave
the owner would get prosecuted by the alleged thief for not having a safe roof :roll:
http://news.sky.com/story/1610986/bungl ... ps-ceiling

Re: O/t if this happened in uk

PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:10 am
by marky No.1
http://overlawyered.com/2006/09/the-bur ... that-isnt/

A burglar fell through a skylight, and sued the owner of the skylight for his injuries. Bodine sued for $8 million (in 1984 dollars, about $16 million today) and settled for the nuisance sum of $260,000 plus $1200/month for life, about the equivalent of a million dollars in conservatively-estimated 2006 present value.

There are lots of other examples, like a teenager who was on the roof of a school and, by the best accounts we can find, was trying to redirect a light because they were trying to play basketball. And while he was on the roof he stepped through the skylight, which had been painted over black.

How unthoughtful :?