Can a landlord charge a former tenant for an accident that happened two weeks after you move out?
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we moved out on Jan 30th. we cleaned the house, steam-vacuumed the carpets, scrubbed the floors, and removed all hooks, nails, or staples that may have been placed in the walls. the landlord walked through the house with us and gave us the all clear. two days later called again about dried food on a cabinet door. my husband went over and cleaned all the cabinets with her present. she gave us our deposit back minus our pet deposit to have the carpets professionally shampooed. she moved back into the home. now a small child fell outside her home and got injured. she is trying to force us into paying for the medical bills of the child. along with paying to clean up debris. we moved out in one week after she gave us our notice, it was snowing and icy but we did it so she and her kids could be in their own home and not staying cramped up with her sister. i feel she is taking advantage of our kindness. on top of that the house was a mess when we moved in, and the furnace never worked while we lived there. we had to buy space heaters to keep our house warm. we lost a litter of puppies, as well as my daughter getting sick and missing days of school during the week we were moving forcing me to have her stay with my mother. does she have any grounds for what she is attempting to do?
there was 3 inches of snow and ice on the ground when we moved at the time. snow is now finally started to melt. at the time the child fell it was very icy. we were told that the child slipped on the ice and fell on a spike in the ground which we had no knowledge was even there.
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April 21st, 2011 at 6:36 am
Obviously not. I would tell her to never contact you again. If she tries to take you to court or anything she’ll lose. You’re not even living there! Use your common sense!
April 21st, 2011 at 6:36 am
No; she is the homeowner, so all problems like this are her sole responsibility. Especially since she had moved back in and deemed the house acceptable.
How can she expect you to clean what you didn’t know was there? These are called "accidents" for a reason. This should be dealt with by her homeowner’s insurance, although I don’t think the child’s parents even have any ground to hold your previous landlord responsible. What was the child doing on her property, anyway?
Forget about it. If she tried to sue you for the money, just laugh with the judge when he dismisses her case.
April 21st, 2011 at 6:36 am
She approved, gave deposit. That itself means you had vacated the property to her satisfaction. She hasn’t a leg to stand on.
April 21st, 2011 at 6:36 am
99.9% of what you posted has no legal bearing on your responsibility.
You left out what would be the only relevant sentence, which was why the child fell.
Did you leave something on the ground for the child to trip on?
Two weeks is a long time for left over items to have not been picked up by the landlord.
Even then you have your deposit back, which would say that the location was accepted.
April 21st, 2011 at 6:36 am
You ex-landlady returned your security deposit so this is proof that she released you from the home and the responsibility of the home too.You moved out a week ahead of the child being injured. You are NOT responsible for the child being hurt on the property even if you were still a tenant and someone is hurt the landlady would still be responsible for the injuries of the child. Do not accept any phone calls from her if she happens to take you to court prove to the judge that you were not living there at the time the child was injured and she returned your security deposit. This ex-landlady is trying to blame you for what is totally her responsibility, plus she did not even care for the property. No heat in the home. Not right. Thankfully you have moved. She will not win in court and this is the most she could do.