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Rain Man, Inc. pays all damage. Bad dishwasher move. | 14 | 26.92% | |
Rain Man, Inc. pays most damage. Some shared blame. | 8 | 15.38% | |
Split it down the middle. | 3 | 5.77% | |
Landlord pays most damage. Some shared blame. | 5 | 9.62% | |
Landlord pays all damage. Should've fixed the damn pipe. | 17 | 32.69% | |
I like running in sprinklers. | 5 | 9.62% | |
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06-24-2011, 07:13 PM | #2 |
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Your maintenance guy is kind of a moron. The water should have been turned off.
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06-24-2011, 07:16 PM | #3 |
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Now that's an excellent point. I hadn't even thought about that.
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06-24-2011, 07:28 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, the plumber should've just turned the water off. A note doesn't really cut it. Of course, the plumber can just claim that "you office people" told him to leave the water on so you could use the sink to fill up cups or something. Probably a no-win situation, so you might just have to bite the bullet and cover the damage.
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06-24-2011, 07:35 PM | #5 |
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I'm not sure why he pulled the pipe for a clog, then left it off? As stupid as he was your emp still caused the damage and u are on the hook.
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06-24-2011, 07:42 PM | #6 |
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I think you are pretty well screwed. At best, maybe the landlord is partially responsible for not getting on it right away (though I'd think 4 days and a sign is pretty good). If he's determined to ask you to pay for it, that would take a fight and in the end you'll have a pissed off landlord.
It was an accident, no one intended the water damage to happen, the maintenance guy wasn't bright, but your minion should not have turned on the dishwasher. If the damage is not outrageous or horrifyingly expensive (or covered by insurance if it is), just pay it, be done with it, and have a happy landlord.
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06-24-2011, 07:47 PM | #7 |
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so, is DaFace mopping the floor on a friday night?
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06-24-2011, 07:55 PM | #8 |
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Simply shutting the water off may have not been an option. Since it is a office building the water line may have been in a tower line formation thingah mahjiggy. Meaning if they turned off the water to you, they would have had to turn off the water to all floors above and below you at that point.
But I guess you could try to use them not shutting the supply off as a negotiating tactic if things go badly. But still they probably wouldn't absolve you of much of the damages anyway. |
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06-24-2011, 08:02 PM | #9 |
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This is officially starting to suck.
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06-24-2011, 08:06 PM | #10 |
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Sucks but you pay the toll
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06-24-2011, 08:26 PM | #11 |
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I put shared blame but if your landlord is a dick or a ****, like most landlords are, the fight may be just as expensive or more expensive then the cost of the repairs. Maybe diplomaticly try to split the blame,but have them pay more, state your case and work up from there. But I have a bad feeling about this.
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06-24-2011, 08:40 PM | #13 |
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Sorry dude. I think you're on the hook for this one.
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06-24-2011, 08:47 PM | #14 |
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Sounds like you're on the hook for it. If you have insurance it might cover it. Water damage claims are extremely expensive. As a store owner of a carpet cleaning company, I have some experience w/water damage.
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06-24-2011, 08:55 PM | #15 |
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I'm much more knowledgable about personal lines insurance than I am about commercial insurance, but I cant imagine your BOP wouldn't pay for it if you didn't have some dodgy cheap crapola insurance policy. (If you were not intentionally trying to cut corners on insurance, and your policy does not cover a flood due to a plumbing mishap where your employee is at fault, fire your insurance guy. That looks like a pretty basic claim to me, its not like the river flooded, this is a plumbing water damage liability claim.)
It may come down to whether the damage vs your deductible makes reporting the claim worth it or not, but either way I don't see how you get out of this.
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