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There is always someone responsible. If it's private land, there is an owner of the land. If it's public land, then at the very least the county or city is re

There is always someone responsible. If it's private land, there is an owner of the land. If it's public land, then at the very least the county or city is responsible.

cool_dude85 3y ago
Well, the land is owned by Strip of Land Holdings 123. But they have a contractual relationship with Bridges 876 Inc to maintain the bridge, and the owners of Bridges 876 Inc are to be found at a PO box in the Cayman Islands. Hang around outside the post office down there long enough and I'm sure you'll see the owners pop up.
- jedberg 3y ago
  No one would care about Bridges 876. They would sue Strip of Land Holdings 123 as the owner of the property, and SoLH123 would have to send someone to represent them in court. If they didn't, the would loose, and then loose their land in the judgement. Eventually the person would be made whole somehow, and the responsible person would be found.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    You are correct, but /u/cool_dude85 is making a movie reference to a chain of holding companies created to obfuscate ownership to avoid just this situation.
    - quazar 3y ago
      This is not Reddit.
pixl97 3y ago
>There is always someone responsible. I think what you're trying to say and left off is "outside of the person who had the event occur with them" And in that case, no quite often state laws will absolve responsibility from any potential stakeholders. Agricultural liability laws in many midwestern states are an example of that. https://www.inwoodlands.org/new_indiana_law_limits_liabili/ https://www.inwoodlands.org/new_indiana_law_limits_liabili/
BubbleRings 3y ago
Ethically? There are many people in that town partially responsible. There is no way I would live in a town for a year, where I knew a situation like that was in place, without stacking old cinderblocks or dragging a fallen tree across the road, on both sides. Sheesh. "Not my job" gone wild.

There is always someone responsible. If it's private land, there is an owner of the land. If it's public land, then at the very least the county or city is responsible.

cool_dude85 3y ago

Well, the land is owned by Strip of Land Holdings 123. But they have a contractual relationship with Bridges 876 Inc to maintain the bridge, and the owners of Bridges 876 Inc are to be found at a PO box in the Cayman Islands. Hang around outside the post office down there long enough and I'm sure you'll see the owners pop up.

jedberg 3y ago
No one would care about Bridges 876. They would sue Strip of Land Holdings 123 as the owner of the property, and SoLH123 would have to send someone to represent them in court. If they didn't, the would loose, and then loose their land in the judgement. Eventually the person would be made whole somehow, and the responsible person would be found.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  You are correct, but /u/cool_dude85 is making a movie reference to a chain of holding companies created to obfuscate ownership to avoid just this situation.
  - quazar 3y ago
    This is not Reddit.

pixl97 3y ago

>There is always someone responsible. I think what you're trying to say and left off is "outside of the person who had the event occur with them" And in that case, no quite often state laws will absolve responsibility from any potential stakeholders. Agricultural liability laws in many midwestern states are an example of that. https://www.inwoodlands.org/new_indiana_law_limits_liabili/ https://www.inwoodlands.org/new_indiana_law_limits_liabili/

BubbleRings 3y ago

Ethically? There are many people in that town partially responsible. There is no way I would live in a town for a year, where I knew a situation like that was in place, without stacking old cinderblocks or dragging a fallen tree across the road, on both sides. Sheesh. "Not my job" gone wild.