[ale] OT: Out in left field or in the sewers of The Big Apple

[Jeff Lightner]

And in fact you can be sued for letting your sidewalk develop cracks
large enough to stumble over.   Leaving a manhole cover off (if the city
did it and new about it) would certainly be grounds for a lawsuit in my
view.  If however some unidentified putz removed it unbeknownst to
anyone and it hadn't been complained about to the city I'd likely not
hold the city liable.

 

I remember many years back there was a case where a city had left a
pothole big enough for a VW bug to sit in that ripped out some guys
axle.  The city said they weren't required to fix or warn of "every
little pothole".  The courts found that they do have to warn of every
major pothole.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
justin caratzas
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:10 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Out in left field or in the sewers of The Big
Apple

 

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:08 PM, justin caratzas
<justin.caratzas at gmail.com> wrote:

the size of a toddler

 

 

.... being unacceptable..i just read that my reply implied otherwise in
context

 

	 

	ps. father of 1 and 2 year old here as well

	bigjust

	On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jim Popovitch
<jimpop at gmail.com> wrote:

	On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:53, Richard
Bronosky<Richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
	> I'm sorry, I have to agree with the parents on this one.
Knowingly
	> leaving a manhole cover off without a barrier is unacceptable.
We are
	> all eager to condemn a pop-tart on a cellphone, but as the
father of a
	> 1 & 2 year old I don't like the idea that there could be a >
2ft
	> diameter hole in a sidewalk.

	You expect every sidewalk to be even, smooth, bump-free,
hole-free,
	etc?   If not, what is the acceptable sized hole that you would
allow
	in your sidewalk?
	
	-Jim P.

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