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submitted 8 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world

A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.

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[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 121 points 8 months ago

Wow! How fucked is it that a company can fuck up tear your house down at the wrong address then just shurg and apparently you have no recourse? Something off here maybe we aren't getting the whole story. No way that isn't a lawsuit the fact that she in limbo and no attorney wouldn't take the case makes me wonder.

Reading deeper into the story it at first reads like they tore her house down while she was away on vacation. The real story is she wasn't living in said house and it had been vacant for 15 years. So something not adding up.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 13 points 8 months ago

This is why companies need to have insurance.

So something not adding up.

You think someone wanted the land?

[-] Stuka@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

It goes way beyond insurance and monetary compensation. There needs to be criminal liability for destroying someone's home.

[-] jasory@programming.dev 11 points 8 months ago

If the building was in fact "boarded up", then it might be hard to argue that it was someone's home. At least in bankruptcy law inhabited places do have special protections against seizure.

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