Leeds woman may sue for being blown over

[SNES 10]

I think it all boils down to the fact that the coroner, advised the road should be closed completely to vehicles and pedestrians. It was closed to vehicles but the advice to close it to pedestrians was completely ignored. So therefore they are at fault for not closing it to pedestrians.

[Mr Clowning 10]

I think it all boils down to the fact that the coroner, advised the road should be closed completely to vehicles and pedestrians. It was closed to vehicles but the advice to close it to pedestrians was completely ignored. So therefore they are at fault for not closing it to pedestrians.

 

Yeh that would be my spin on it in court

[whiteowl 54]

I think it all boils down to the fact that the coroner, advised the road should be closed completely to vehicles and pedestrians. It was closed to vehicles but the advice to close it to pedestrians was completely ignored. So therefore they are at fault for not closing it to pedestrians.

 

The coroner advised a road should be shut ? Whilst I don't really want to shout foul, is there a link to this ruling ?

[Agent Orange 11]

The coroner advised a road should be shut ? Whilst I don't really want to shout foul, is there a link to this ruling ?

 

Not sure where to find the report, or whether it's available, however there is more about it here:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-25200798

[lil-minx92 10]

Who is responible tho; the council or the builders/owners?

 

I think the wind is responsible.

 

But, I would think the building developers rather than the owners should be responsible. Unless we want it to become necessary to commission a full wind modelling report for every property sale so you can be aware if you are buying a building that could be responsible for injury by wind. And that includes every house purchase.

[geared 302]

The building developers are responsible, the council granted the building permits but it would have been based on the developers work which said everything would be ok.

 

The council don't/should have to conduct all their own surveys for each building as they should be able to trust the developers.

 

Whoever performed the 'wind analysis' did a very poor job of it, and ultimately got someone killed.