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I have question, at a few cases my laptop display was almost crushed, when seat in front me started reclining. Who in that case has responsibility for the damag
by qwerta 12y ago
I have question, at a few cases my laptop display was almost crushed, when seat in front me started reclining. Who in that case has responsibility for the damage?
- cwyers 12y agoThe person whose laptop it is? The person reclining is not responsible for your laptop being there.
- PeterisP 12y agoIf you stumble on my laptop while taking a step backwards in a public space, you definitely are responsible for it; why wouldn't you be responsible for your movements hitting other people or their property?
- cwyers 12y agoI, uh, I am? I've never seen an instance where someone had to pay money for damaging a laptop by stepping on it by accident.
- sp332 12y agoYes. You'd be responsible for crashing into someone's car by accident, same principle.
- diminoten 12y agoWalking backwards != reclining in an airline chair. Also, good luck getting me to pay you for your laptop if I step on it.
- richardwhiuk 12y agoNo, that's not necessarily true. If you have placed your laptop on the floor in the public space, then you haven't taken reasonable precautions and you'll have to pay for your laptop.
- PeterisP 12y agoYes, of course - but if it's in my lap and you walk (or recline) without looking and cause damage, then you haven't taken reasonable precautions.
- elmuchoprez 12y agoBecause reclining the chair is using it in a predictable way and as it was intended to be used. It's a bit like laying your laptop in the middle of the freeway and then claiming people can't run it over.
- PeterisP 12y agoMy lap isn't the middle of a freeway - accidentally smashing it by reclining is exactly as if accidentally smashing something from a shelf with your elbow while walking; you should be looking where you're going and are responsible for the direct consequences of your actions.
- mattezell 12y agoI don't understand your argument. If I place my laptop on the tray, aren't I using the tray in a predictable way in line with its intended purpose (i.e. to hold things)? Does your assertion that the 'reclining chair being reclined is its intended use' not apply to 'the tray holding things is its intended use'?
- judk 12y ago"Definitely" says who? Why is your laptop on the floor?
- judk 12y agoSame thing happened to my snowboard when I was holding in my lap.
- elmuchoprez 12y agoLiability would almost certainly be yours alone. The passenger who reclined their seat was using the seat as it was intended, so there is no offense there. The airline would likely argue that they never made any guarantees as to the protective nature of that pocket, nor did they tell you to put your laptop in there.
- qwerta 12y agoI would argue that airline has responsibility. They explicitly allow laptops use and even provide tables and sometimes wifi.
- sliverstorm 12y agoAh, so because laptop use is allowed on the plane, if your laptop is damaged under any circumstances for any reason, they are complicit and liable.