Robber Falls Through Roof And Sues

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.

Robber falls through roof and sues.

Family of burglar who fell through skylight in school break in fail in their bid to sue council and now face 260 000 legal bill thomas buckett 21 broke in to tuck shop at school in stoke in may. I m not interested in cases where the homeowner was directly involved in. Thomas buckett suffered 10 skull fractures. So a burglar cannot sue for tripping on a toy car or being hit by a falling television.

The actual case involved 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. In the lesser known case an 18 year old climbed onto a roof at a redding calif high school in 1982 to steal a 35 floodlight. However if there are signs of a frequent trespasser the homeowner does have a duty to warn about known. It s bad enough to have robbers trying to break into your home but it s something else to get sued by them when they hurt themselves in the process.

The young man fell 27 feet through the skylight and was permanently disabled. Burglar sues homeowner when falling through skylight robbers can steal your freedom. A burgular broke into someone s home injured himself durring the robbery and then subsuqently sued the homeowner and won. There is the famous story of the burglar who falls through the skylight falls on a knife and sues the homeowners for leaving the knife out.

What you say unbelieving. By barry leibowitz october 26 2012 9 30 am cbs news jay leone facebook via cbs san francisco. Homeowner 90 who returned fire. Known trespasser homeowners can t possibly anticipate a random burglar coming into their home.

There are several exceptions to this rule. Relatives of a burglar who fell through a roof during a school break in are facing a 250 000 legal bill following a failed bid to sue education chiefs.