Lawsuit time! A reminder about risk management for your STR

[Collin Hays]

This occurred on Sunday.  Thankfully not at one of our properties, but one about three hundred yards away.  A heavier gentleman was apparently walking up the stairs to his cabin, a step gave way and snapped, and his leg fell through.  Due to his body weight, apparently the next step gave away, so he was essentially stuck in the staircase, unable to extricate himself.  His wife called 9-1-1, and the fire department had to come and release him.  He was taken to the hospital.  The report is that there were no broken bones, but lacerations on his leg and the sides of his torso from the wood.  

What will become of this?  Who knows, but I am sure that demand letters and lawsuits will be arriving for the homeowner soon.

Today, take a moment to stop fussing about how much you are/aren't making off of your STR, and focus on risk management of your property.  A gross negligence case could bring you down.  

[Michael Baum]

This doesn't sound like negligence to me. If the man was very overweight then I don't see how it is negligent. Unless the stair was rotten, stairs aren't up to code, stairs are not correctly built.

But, Anyone can sue anyone else for any reason at anytime in the USA.