Robber Falls Through Roof And Sues

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.

Robber falls through roof and sues.

A burglar fell through a skylight and sued the owner of the skylight for his injuries. Homeowner 90 who returned fire. Known trespasser homeowners can t possibly anticipate a random burglar coming into their home. What you say unbelieving.

However if there are signs of a frequent trespasser the homeowner does have a duty to warn about known. 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. 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. So a burglar cannot sue for tripping on a toy car or being hit by a falling television.

A burgular broke into someone s home injured himself durring the robbery and then subsuqently sued the homeowner and won. I m not interested in cases where the homeowner was directly involved in. There are several exceptions to this rule. 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.

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. By barry leibowitz october 26 2012 9 30 am cbs news jay leone facebook via cbs san francisco. Thomas buckett suffered 10 skull fractures.

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. A burglar fell through a skylight and sued the owner of the skylight for his injuries.