| Movers flooded my house
What is the name of your state? TX
I moved into a townhouse owned by a friend of mine on Saturday and asked that the movers connect my washing machine which was included verbally in their hourly rate. The power was disconnected over the weekend because my friend and I had not coordinated the timing of the transition exactly right. From the other side of the room, I saw the movers struggling to test the washing machine, so I reminded them that there was no power. Apparently, they left it plugged in, connected to the water lines, and the knob pulled out to run the delicate cycle. For some reason they did not connect the drain hose. After the movers were finished, I didn't look at what they had done. The power and AC were off and I really spent very little time in the townhouse at all over the weekend.
The power came back on while I was at work on Monday. The delicate cycle on super fill ran and drained onto the floor. As I was figuring out what had caused the flood, I saw the drain hose sticking up in the air instead of the PVC pipe it is supposed to fit into. A friend of mine also saw this. The washing machine is located on the second floor. A 3" metal tub that the machine sits in collected most of the water, but it still caused about $1300 in damage to the kitchen ceiling and walls below.
I called the mover about it before the repair man came out. He said he had a $1500 deductible and asked if I had insurance. Then he said to call him back after the repair man came. When I called him back and told him what the estimate was, he said he was not liable because he had no way of knowing what I had done in the 2 days since his movers left. I guess he thinks I purposely tried to flood my house! He said I would have to take him to court in order to get him to pay for this. Am I right in believing that the mover should be held responsible for this?
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06-21-2006, 05:50 PM
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