| Insurance adjusters Heh, I like the way the Cox spokesperson says the insurance adjuster calculated unexpected costs into the settlement figure. Funny, I wouldn't have thought you could calculate something you don't expect ahead of time... |
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| Peoples whole lives are in their homes. COX should not only be liable for the replacement value of this persons belongings they should also have to pay restitution for all of the irreplaceable items that they lost. Pictures, home movies, family heirlooms and things like that you can't put a monetary value on and COX should pay out the wazzo for those type of items. The settlement should also have some sort of agreement requiring COX to provide extensive training and require installers to provide proof of those credentials when doing any type of work on a customers home. I'm not positive but with the technology that is out nowadays isn't there some sort of tool that would tell you if there was a powerline in the wall you were drilling in? Accidents like this really shouldn't be happening in this day and age. |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1 | said by eldermill:Pictures, home movies, family heirlooms and things like that you can't put a monetary value on and COX should pay out the wazzo for those type of items. The settlement should also have some sort of agreement requiring COX to provide extensive training and require installers to provide proof of those credentials when doing any type of work on a customers home. And you know what happens if they do have to "pay out the wazzo" for this? Their liability goes up; they have to pay more for future cases that are similar; and they recover the extra liability costs through our cable bills.
Cox is not paying for that guy's new condo + "unexpected costs" (who the heck needs $137,000 just to build a condo when the lot agreement is already in hand?), the customers of Cox in that area will be paying for that guy's new condo and unexpected costs.
Throw in the costs of extra training for employees are you really start upping the ante. If specially trained personnel can still have accidents like this:
»www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdee···tory.jsp
»www.visualdistortion.org/picture···sp?cat=3
(Blowtorch accident during asbestos removal. Lawsuit was settled out of court for less than 1/2 cost of restoration.)
then "Accidents like this" certainly can continue to happen in this day and age unless you want to standardize housing so that ever construction situation is identical.
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said by eldermill:I'm not positive but with the technology that is out nowadays isn't there some sort of tool that would tell you if there was a powerline in the wall you were drilling in? Yes! There are scanners you can buy at Home Depot for about $50 that will detect powerlines, pipes, and metal obstructions inside walls. They're not foolproof, but they can warn you when you need to be extra careful. In my house, I never drill into a wall without scanning it first. |
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