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WCDT Strips 3226 to 3230 (25 - 27 May 2016)
Truec:
Hmmm, in the event that Brun isn't the owner of the bar, does she have grounds to sue the owner for the fire?
mikmaxs:
--- Quote from: Truec on 26 May 2016, 10:39 ---Hmmm, in the event that Brun isn't the owner of the bar, does she have grounds to sue the owner for the fire?
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Or the manufacturer of the extinguisher, since it didn't work.
wlewisiii:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 26 May 2016, 11:04 ---
--- Quote from: Truec on 26 May 2016, 10:39 ---Hmmm, in the event that Brun isn't the owner of the bar, does she have grounds to sue the owner for the fire?
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Or the manufacturer of the extinguisher, since it didn't work.
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Depends.
1) What was the actual cause of the fire? Wiring? Cig in the trash? A lightnig strike on a TV antenna? Etc ad nausum?
2) Was it something that could have been prevented by, say, normal regular maintenance? If so was that maintenence put off to an unacceptable degree out of some form of negligence? Or was it what insurance companies refer to as "an act of god"?
3) Fire extinguishers need maintenance and annual inspection. Did the extinguisher get inspected in the proper time frame? Was the failure due to manufacturer issues or maintenance issues? Most importantly, was there any negligence involved and if so, to what level did it rise to?
4) Lawyers are _expensive_. Brun has nothing right now and that, more than anything, is what always does in even the most legitimate of suits.
In the end? No, she will not be suing anyone unless Hannelore takes up her cause.
hedgie:
And were that the case, if Hanners made a quick call to her mum, everything would be taken out without the bother of a court case
JimC:
--- Quote from: Case on 26 May 2016, 09:37 ---"Pathetic", on the other hand, seems to indicate ... much of the same, yet I've frequently heard it spoken/written with a scornful, even condescending note?
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Multiple meanings... As well as the meaning you describe 'pathetic' has another meaning with shades of inadequate and unacceptable ('I was offered a pathetic 300 dollar insurance settlement, when it was easily worth a thousand') , hence your scornful/condescending note. This may be a fairly recent development. But I've never come across this kind of feeling being attached to 'pathos'.
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