# srustica

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/srustica/550110>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 13, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/srustica/550110 "2010-08-13T02:31:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![srustica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@srustica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srustica)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/srustica/550110/1 "2010-08-13T02:31:02Z")

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Please can someone tell me! I rent a spot for my bar in a strip mall and last Sunday we had a packed house. Just as everything was good the roof over hang that covers the walk way to all the strip mall fell . The parking lot is up next to it and the roof damaged a lot of car’s. Also took out my outside cameras. Who is responsible? I do not own the property nor do I own the building.:smack:

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/srustica/550110/2 "2010-08-13T02:42:51Z")

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If you’re asking for legal advice, you’re going to have to talk to a lawyer.

If you’re asking in general terms who would be responsible in a hypothetical situation where a structure fails and damages someone else’s property, then you can probably get a general answer. I would suspect that the building’s owner would be responsible for structural failures. Unless the structure that failed was erected by the tenant. You should talk to your insurance provider.

Also: You should request that a moderator change the title to something more descriptive, such as ‘Is the tenant or landlord responsible for a structural failure of a building?’.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/srustica/550110/3 "2010-08-13T02:49:46Z")

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This is a very specific legal question about a real-life occurance. Faceless posters on a message board aren’t your best resource. Seek legal help.

Closed.

**samclem** Moderator, General Questions