Landlord sent man £800 bill

[Jazzy]

Landlord sent man £800 bill to clean up blood of dead 19-year-old roommate

A man was sent a $1,200 (£804) bill by his landlord to clean up the blood of his roommate, who was shot by police.

Tony ‘Terrell’ Robinson Jr, 19, was shot while unarmed by a police officer in Wisconsin last month while reportedly suffering a psychotic episode as a result of taking hallucinogenic drugs and behaving aggressively. The death was compared by the city’s chief of police to the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson.

Robinson’s surviving roommate and best friend, Anthony Limon, had been handed a notice by his landlord telling him to leave the property within five days as well as a $1,192 bill for ‘bio-hazard cleanup’ – removing Robinson’s blood from the apartment.

The landlord, identified as Ray Peterson by ThinkProgress, claimed that he had a legal obligation to evict Robinson and bill him for the cleanup, saying ‘if we gave them special privileges, it could be a real discrimination problem’.

Do you think he's responsible to clean up the blood? Why/Why not?

 

[mrldii]

Not familiar with the laws of the local jurisdiction, but just using common sense, here...


Somebody has to clean it up...somebody is responsible for the costs associated with the clean up. Most rental agreements hold the tenant responsible for any damages TO the unit. By NOT handing the tenant the bill, the landlord bears the cost...the landlord had nothing to do with causing the damage.

Per U.S. law, the damaged party (i.e., the landlord) sues the tenant; the newly-damaged party (i.e., the surviving tenant who's now suffered the damage of being successfully sued) sues the police; the police repay the surviving tenant out of a Victim's Fund, in place for just these types of events.


~Voila~ Everyone's made whole.