“This outraged homeowner thinks she owns the airspace above her home.”
She actually does, to an extent: https://aviation.uslegal.com/ownership-of-airspace-over-property/
If a claims adjuster cannot visit or trespass without the homeowners permission (https://www.insure.com/home-insurance/insurance-company-inspection.html), then I don’t see why drones used for the same effect should get a pass.
a claims adjuster needs permission to drive by your house
it was an inspection of the outside of the house
the drone was probably cheaper
Completely agree. The insurance company, if it does not have the right written into the contract, trespassed full stop. So did the property appraiser.
The police would need to have a search warrant to fly a drone over your house. If I fly a drone over my neighbor’s house, I could open myself up to a number of charges. The drone has a camera, and what it spies through a window very much violates the rights of the neighbor.
This is frog boiling. They’re doing it and then daring homeowners to sue.
Ask Streisand how that worked out for her when she tried to strongarm an areil photographer doing a coastal survey.
An insurance policy is a contract that transfers risk from a person or business to a third party. If you read the details of an insurance policy, you might be surprised at what kind of power you give to the insurer when they take on the risk of insuring you and/or your property.
It is common, for example, for insurance companies to file lawsuits on behalf of the insured to recover damages on claims they’ve paid out — even if the insured person does not want to file a lawsuit against a friend, neighbor, family member, etc.
I agree. Amazes me that some many on this thread are OK with companies spying on them without permission.