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Tourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks it (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The statue, outside the Brussels stock exchange, had just been restored at great cost.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I'm not aware of insurance that covered illegal acts.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait you guys don't have murder insurance??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Not rich enough..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Although I'm only vaguely aware of the German laws, I don't think other EU nations' laws differ significantly.

Here's the corresponding law:

The insurer shall not be obligated to effect payment if the policyholder has intentionally and unlawfully caused the loss suffered by the third party.

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Since this was clearly negligence, I think they would be fine. After all, they didn't intend to damage the statue. Gross negligence is still negligence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's just the purge with extra steps.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

liability insurance. In Germany, there are many that contractually agree to not refuse payment when the liablity occured out of gross negligence, which this would be by German standards... Yet... you were aware that this was a somewhat sarcastic remark and not me actually giving insurance advice, right?