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Originally Posted by kknudson
I am getting really frustrated with the legal system, it all boils down to something I cannot understand. Although "Deep Pockets" is what I blame it on.
Here in Chicago, an office fire downtown last year, the FIRE DEPT is being sued because their rescue plan was not effective.
They were there attempting to rescue, how can these lawyers and courts blame them.
A porch collapses and kills several, the city is being sued because they didn't inspect it. It was built illegally, how can these lawyers and courts blame them.
There are so many more.
I just don't understand
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What type of rescue plan are you referring to? If the Fire Marshal signs off on the fire plan you bet your but he's liable and developers pay big bucks to municipalities for this stuff. I have a friend that just paid a city gov. over $5K to approve a handicap plan, it the city wants to play architect and accept the fee's they better be willing to pay up.
What were really witnessing here is an issue that is springing up all over, city gov's are playing around in the private market place and when someone gets burned they try to dodge the bullet.
This used to be the architects job.