Saanich home heating fuel spill
#21
Posted 15 November 2012 - 07:48 AM
#22
Posted 15 November 2012 - 08:01 AM
#23
Posted 15 November 2012 - 08:02 AM
-City of Victoria website, 2009
#24
Posted 15 November 2012 - 08:04 AM
That certainly clears everything up...just not sure I completely understand the part that comes after "OK.."
the homeowner in this case "in my view" did not do due diligence,,in removing the tank or at least marking the tank or closeing the valve on the tank ..
#25
Posted 15 November 2012 - 08:39 AM
the homeowner in this case "in my view" did not do due diligence,,in removing the tank or at least marking the tank or closeing the valve on the tank ..
The homeowner wasn't the one to call the oil company to come fill his tank. Why would he do that, there is no tank to fill.
#26
Posted 15 November 2012 - 09:18 AM
#27
Posted 15 November 2012 - 09:18 AM
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Posted 15 November 2012 - 10:09 AM
#29
Posted 15 November 2012 - 10:32 AM
My neighbour is having some work done on his septic field tomorrow. I guess I should put a big sign in front of my place saying "Don't dig up my backyard!"...just in case the excavator guy wrote down the wrong address... If the home owner was in any negligent, you can bet the oil company's insurance carrier wouldn't be paying anything.
you don`t have to do that, but if it did happen, would you be happy to pick up to the cost of re-sodding your back yard
#30
Posted 15 November 2012 - 11:04 AM
The homeowner here is not the least bit at fault. I am sure there are some old houses in Victoria that still have coal chutes. Should they be removed so that someone doesn't fill their basement with coal? How ridiculous.
It's just a matter of checking the address on the house, if it has one showing. Failing that, checking the driver for symptoms of dyslexia.
#31
Posted 15 November 2012 - 12:33 PM
#32
Posted 15 November 2012 - 01:33 PM
#33
Posted 15 November 2012 - 01:39 PM
#34
Posted 15 November 2012 - 01:40 PM
you don`t have to do that, but if it did happen, would you be happy to pick up to the cost of re-sodding your back yard
I'd be neither happy nor paying...because I wouldn't be the one at fault...with or without a sign (with or without a padlock on my tank fill-spout). A couple of years back, a Mainland couple went on vacation. While they were away, some vandal shoved their garden hose through their mail slot and turned it on causing tens of thousands of dollars damage. The forum I was on was just full of comments like "It's their own damned fault for not shutting off their water/hiding their hose". "Stupid people, they brought this on themselves". "What did they expect?"
...What did they expect?!?....what a world......
#35
Posted 15 November 2012 - 08:18 PM
#36
Posted 16 November 2012 - 07:41 PM
This is basic tort of conversion law. Just because you leave the keys in your car with the doors unlocked doesn't make it legal for someone to take your car
No it doesn't make it legal, but under the "invitation to treat" laws you could be liable for any injuries the thief incurred in the use of the vehicle.
#37
Posted 16 December 2013 - 06:56 AM
An alert citizen and a quick response by Saanich public works’ crews are being credited with minimizing the impact of a home-heating oil spill near Colquitz Creek. A pedestrian was in Colquitz Park Thursday and saw a sheen on the footpath and noted the air reeked with the smell of oil, said Mike Ippen, Saanich public works manager, on Sunday. Public works staff traced the leak to an above-ground home-heating oil tank on a home on Rolston Crescent.
File photo of Colquitz Creek Park
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