Today, I decided to clear up some storm damage. I carefully cut a tree that was threatening to fall on my house. It fell on my neighbor's house instead. He's taking me to court for damages. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I watched one of my neighbor's trees fall into the electrical lines outside my house. This was after he took a chainsaw to the tree. He refuses to cover the damages. FML
Today, my neighbors threatened to sue me because a six-foot branch fell off one of my trees and into their yard, hitting nothing on the way down. FML
Today, the elderly couple next door asked me to cut down a tree in their yard. It turns out they told me to cut down the wrong tree, and I cut down the tree they got married under. They now hate me and tell me they plan to sue me for damage to property. FML
Today, the tree that my neighbors have neglected to cut down fell on my car. They claim that by law, they aren't responsible and don't have to pay for it. FML
Today, I totaled my car, because I mistook the leaves blowing across the road for a child. I swerved and hit a tree. The home owner wants to sue for "harming his tree" and hospital wants to test my mental stability. FML
Today, I woke up at 4AM to the sound of lightning hitting a tree in my backyard, then that tree proceeding to hit my house. Later, my neighbor's tree fell over, which hit our fence, and they're not even home. FML
Today, my husband finally got round to cutting down a tree limb in our front yard after months of me begging him. It fell on me. FML
Today, a storm dropped a tree across my road. I would have moved it with my tractor, but there was a tree on that too. FML
Today, I finally went to Home Depot to buy a chainsaw to cut down the tree leaning dangerously over my garage. When I got home, I found the tree had fallen and taken out the roof while I was shopping. FML
Today, I woke up and found that the tree in my front yard was gone. FML
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lindsaysue 4
Maybe leave that to the people who know what they're doing?
trmntr 4
why does he have to take you to court? why can't you just agree to pay for the damages?
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Comments (52)
fourloco 0
Yep, ya ****** up there.
bubber 0
That is outstanding. Next time offer me a few cold ones. I will bring a good saw over and lay it down in a safe spot. I make this offer because there really is nothing like the feeling of one starting into a long back cut, seeing he heartwood come flying off the bar, then one of natures giants letting out that goan as they come crashing to the ground. It is a wonderfull feeling.
nikole2 0
-Well That Sucks !
perdix 31
You think your neighbor ought to just suck it up and call it an "oops" on your part? Why do you need to get the courts involved? Your insurance companies ought to be able to handle it easily enough since it is clearly your fault. Don't waste money on the lawyers.
evfreak_fml 0
Hahaha. Next time call a professional.
Mylife_is_so_fd 0
next time push the tree on the road then its the city's problem to clean up
babybottlepopp 0
your ugly
capnbzarr 43
Owning a chainsaw does not make you a certified arborist, any more than sitting in a garage makes me a car. YDI.
hedgehogs 0
Pay up. As I understand the law, this is your responsibility. I have a hunch you're giving him a lot of grief and not dealing with this as the law -- and such things as basic decency, self-responsibility, and owning up to the consequences of action or inaction -- demands of you. Otherwise, he wouldn't need to take you to court (where I would bet a lot you're going to lose big time). Insurance companies work out this kind of thing between themselves all the time. You shouldn't have to be dragged into court to be made to take care of the result of big-time negligence on your part. And next time, hire an arborist.
icecreamman222 0
well stated 68. You sound like a lawyer yourself. and op should take full responsabity of what happened becuz it's clearly his/her fault.
cherylface 13
I completely agree. OP clearly isn't owning up to the fact that he caused the damage to his neighbor's house.
Ketia 5
Don't either of you have homeowners insurance? YDI.