Laws around securing furniture during typhoons and liabilities

[HormyAJP]

We're moving to a new apartment with a high rooftop and I'm concerned about securing rooftop items during a typhoon.

Suppose I fail to secure properly some rooftop furniture during a typhoon, it blows off the roof and damages property, injures or kills someone. Am I liable for this?

To be clear, if the answer is no, then I'm not planning to take the approach of "screw it, I'm not liable". I really wouldn't want something serious on my consciousness. However, nothing I do to secure stuff will be 100% infallible, so I'd like to understand really what risks I'd be taking by tying stuff down rather than, say, dismantling everything and bringing it all indoors.

If there are laws, could you please point me to a source for them.

Thanks

[Cornmeal]

Do your best to secure things and don't put your name on them.

[Coolboy]

We're moving to a new apartment with a high rooftop and I'm concerned about securing rooftop items during a typhoon.

Suppose I fail to secure properly some rooftop furniture during a typhoon, it blows off the roof and damages property, injures or kills someone. Am I liable for this?

To be clear, if the answer is no, then I'm not planning to take the approach of "screw it, I'm not liable". I really wouldn't want something serious on my consciousness. However, nothing I do to secure stuff will be 100% infallible, so I'd like to understand really what risks I'd be taking by tying stuff down rather than, say, dismantling everything and bringing it all indoors.

If there are laws, could you please point me to a source for them.

Thanks

You got any home content insurance?

[GRRR]

Anyone who commits an offence of falling objects from height, either intentionally or unintentionally, will be prosecuted by the Police. Allowing objects to fall from any building is a criminal offence according to the Summary Offences Ordinance (Chapter 228). Section 4B(1)of the Ordinance states that if anything is dropped or allowed to fall from any building to the danger or injury of any person in or near a public place, the person who drops that thing or allows it to fall commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.

Yes, you would be liable.

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[D.YU]

You can always be accountable and liable in the scenario that you or your property has impacted someone or something. Just because you did your best to secure something, doesnt mean you are not liable. It depends on the situation and circumstances.

For example, a building glass/window falls off and crushes someone below. The building insurance will be liable. This is true regardless of how secure or how diligent the construction claimed to be.

So its best to get liability insurance if you are worried. And use common sense, dont put high risk items on your roof top during a typhoon period.

[JAherbert]

We're moving to a new apartment with a high rooftop and I'm concerned about securing rooftop items during a typhoon.

Suppose I fail to secure properly some rooftop furniture during a typhoon, it blows off the roof and damages property, injures or kills someone. Am I liable for this?

To be clear, if the answer is no, then I'm not planning to take the approach of "screw it, I'm not liable". I really wouldn't want something serious on my consciousness. However, nothing I do to secure stuff will be 100% infallible, so I'd like to understand really what risks I'd be taking by tying stuff down rather than, say, dismantling everything and bringing it all indoors.

If there are laws, could you please point me to a source for them.

Thanks

yes, you are 100% liable.

A few years ago, big metal seat flew of roof and landed on the roof of my car. Lucky I was home heard the noise and took record photos of the seat, damage, and owner retrieving it seat owner apologised and paid all costs by their insurance.