Craig T
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On what basis would the landlord be responsible? There is nothing in your post that would indicate any culpability on the landlord's part. |
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Jen-ee-fur
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wouldn't the guy who assaulted your husband be responsible? |
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Grant Ray came on 12/8/08!
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Unless it was the landlord who assulted him, then he is in no way responsible. If you have renters insurance you could make a claim that he got hurt at the apt. but then watch your rates skyrocket. |
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I'am God's Girl
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For God's sake no he isn't resposnbile your husband is. Why does everyone want to make someone else responsbile? No he is not. How is it his fault? |
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reenzz
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No...why would you think the landlord is responsible? Sue the guy who assaulted your husband. |
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Aaron S
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The landlord is not responsible unlesss he did something to help cause that to happen.For example, leave a window out that he was supposed to fix, Or if he gave the impression that it couldnt happen. For example, if he promised you had some high tech security, and charged you for it, and then you were attacked. You should be able to turn some of that in on your insurance, but not likely to be landlords fault. |
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estielmo
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The only possible way the landlord could be held responsible is if the assailant was an authorized resident of the building and you were told all residents had criminal background checks performed on them.
If it was a crime committed by some guy who broke in, then he, and only he, is responsible. You have to pay the bills and sue him. |
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David S
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The landlord is not responsible for any part of the assault on your husband, unless he allowed the felon into your home without permission, or contributed to the assault in some other way. It seems that you are trying to find a way to make the landlord responsible, but simply leasing the property where the assault took place has no correlation.
If you didn't call the police, you should have. And your husband should file civil charges against his attacker to cover any medical bills that were not covered by insurance. Punitive damages and/or pain and suffering may also be in order. |
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vincentv247
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Unless the landlord is the one who assaulted your husband, or if the landlord let this man onto the property and failed to provide adequate security for your apartment (like a lock on the door, a door that cannot be easily broken into etc.), or if you can prove that the landlord is in any other way involved in allowing this man onto the property, there is little you can do but sue the man who did it. Check with a local attorney though, of course. You are giving us very little info and there may be other circumstances that you can advantage of. |
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Lex
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Why wouldn't the city that let him out of jail be responsible above the landlord? His parole officer? You're looking for the deepest pockets but, really, the only person responsible for the assault on your husband is the one person who assaulted him. |
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Landlord
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Unless your husband was assaulted by the landlord the landlord is not involved with this.
This is a police matter.
Your medical bills are not your landlords medical bills. I can not fathom how you would come to that conclusion. Your medical insurance should pay those.
If you are itching to sue you need to sue your assailant, not the landlord, he is not even a by stander. You might try the agency that released the guy on parole, but I doubt that would go very far. |
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gafpromise
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The landlord is not responsible unless he was in some way involved in the actual assault. You would have to prove that he knew or should have known there was an issue and failed in some way (not providing proper door security, for example). |
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Classy Granny
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Your landlord is in no way responsible. You should have health insurance for your medical bills and sue the person that assaulted your husband for any bills not covered by insurance. You might be able to get a little more for pain and suffering, but not always. |
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GWB
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Sorry, no lawsuit here.
A landlord has no responsibility to provide security.
Security anyway is no guarantee of safety.
Which is covered in my lease.
As always, many items of information left out of your one sided story.
Who let him in?
I have seen residents get beat up over drug deals gone bad.
The ladies brother beat up the husband or boyfriend.
People drunk or high and cannot handle it.
Sorry, you cannot sue the landlord for all your problems in life!
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Call me MISTER PRESIDENT!
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Yes, the landlord should provide adequate security, but you'd have to prove he was negligent in providing security. |
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