The State knew there was a dangerous animal (by statute) living on the property without a permit, which is required by state law.
The State knew there was a dangerous animal (by statute) living on the property without a permit, which is required by state law.
OK. So what if I have a friend who is a hoarder like the ones you see on that TV show? The house is in shambles, dirty, rat and roach infested and cluttered to the extent that it’s a fire hazard. Oh and my friend also keeps about 50 feral cats in the house and hasn’t cleaned out her refrigerator in 10 years. My friend is of course in violation of multiple zoning and public health codes, (not to mention the complaints of her neighbors) and has no permit for having that many animals. But the authorities haven’t gotten around to condemning the house and evicting my friend quite yet. Perhaps numerous citations have been issued but it takes time for the authorities under the law to evict the occupant, condemn the house and demolish it.
In the meantime, I decide, of my own accord to visit my friend and stay in her house knowing full well how dangerous and disgusting it is and while I’m there, I’m bitten by a rabid cat, part of the roof collapses and I’m hit on the head by falling debris, then a fire breaks out and I nearly burn to death and I get salmonella from eating rotten food and a bacterial infection because of the filthy conditions.
Is this the State’s fault because they should have condemned the house and committed my friend to the loony bin days, weeks, or months earlier or somehow prevented me from going there; or is it my fault for putting myself in this situation?