There is a golden opportunity for for plumbers who are licensed and know the codes and do not mind looking through the books and examining all the fine print
I just was informed 10/21/2020 that we won a judgement against a luxury building in Manhattan that had a flood over a doctors office doing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages plus loss of services
It took me just over 1 hour to prove negligence against the building management
The case was as follows .
Someone bought an apartment 3 years ago in this building and before they even moved in they went to Florida for a vacation and there was a flood from the vacant apartment from a toilet connection after a home inspector said " there were no foreseeable problems"
I was hired to find "something" to prove negligence using the shot gun effect (sue everyone) and the weakest link will fail
I noticed there was a 200 A installed code violation number 1
A plastic quick connection was installed from the angle stop to the 200 A
Violation 2 as "plastic cannot be used on the potable water supply"
Incompetence on the part of the installer as they installed the 200 A contrary to NYC plumbing code and they did not adjust the volume to be low enough that it would not over flow the tank but would safely flow down the over flow tube .
Once I documented the code sections etc the firm I was working for was thrilled as there could be no rebuttal
SEE Exhibit 1 .
Just imagine the look on the defendants face when they were told they are liable for "criminal neglect" and
Now I may get to work for their insurance company proving that the insurance company should not be held liable for a mongrels' installation
I just was informed 10/21/2020 that we won a judgement against a luxury building in Manhattan that had a flood over a doctors office doing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages plus loss of services
It took me just over 1 hour to prove negligence against the building management
The case was as follows .
Someone bought an apartment 3 years ago in this building and before they even moved in they went to Florida for a vacation and there was a flood from the vacant apartment from a toilet connection after a home inspector said " there were no foreseeable problems"
I was hired to find "something" to prove negligence using the shot gun effect (sue everyone) and the weakest link will fail
I noticed there was a 200 A installed code violation number 1
A plastic quick connection was installed from the angle stop to the 200 A
Violation 2 as "plastic cannot be used on the potable water supply"
Incompetence on the part of the installer as they installed the 200 A contrary to NYC plumbing code and they did not adjust the volume to be low enough that it would not over flow the tank but would safely flow down the over flow tube .
Once I documented the code sections etc the firm I was working for was thrilled as there could be no rebuttal
SEE Exhibit 1 .
Just imagine the look on the defendants face when they were told they are liable for "criminal neglect" and
Now I may get to work for their insurance company proving that the insurance company should not be held liable for a mongrels' installation