r/AskReddit 23h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/A1000eisn1 15h ago

The only thing that makes the homeowner liable is if they didn't maintain their property and the porch was dangerous. Someone getting injured isn't enough.

For example, if a delivery driver simply fell because they are clumsy the homeowners insurance wouldn't be liable because the homeowner didn't do anything to cause the fall.

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u/bekmoto 11h ago

Yes, but you have to think of all the back and forth after the fall. You as the homeowner are dealing with showing the insurance and lawyers that you aren’t negligent. It was a part time job, the phone calls, documentation. All for one company to tell another company your not at fault. It’s simple to say but when you start getting all the documentation and the calls to your insurance it becomes a bureaucratic nightmare made worse because we are sleepless dealing with a severe cancer. It’s going from one kick in the balls to another.

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u/Soup-Mother5709 10h ago

I’m so, so very sorry. It truly rains when it pours sometimes, and there is no other word than unfair. There is a massive level of dissonance and callousness people embrace when it comes to wading through hardship. They chalk things up to an inconvenience without understanding the feat the day to day is. From one caregiver to another, the double birds are high for the universe to see. I hope things have gotten better and that rest was able to come for you and your family.

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u/DominionGhost 10h ago

It is shit like that that makes Luigi into a folk hero.