A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.

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    8 months ago

    Because whoever runs the site probably isn’t the person that made the decision to raze the building. No liability should fall to them if they’re found to be doing their job properly.

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        8 months ago

        This isn’t even remotely fucking true and you need to shut the fuck up.

        Acting in good faith will protect you from a hell of a lot of shit, especially if you have the kind of job that doesn’t carry extra liability with it (like an engineer).

        “Steve, we have an order to go knock down this building. Here’s the paperwork.”
        “Okay boss, I will go knock down that building that you have the signed paperwork for, indicating I need to knock it down.”

        “Just following orders” doesn’t mean shit in The Hague but it means everything in a civil or criminal trial if you have the paperwork to back you up.

        Source: Am paralegal. Deal with similar shit regularly.