Maintenance charge advice

[Raquel Macedo]

To Property managers out there,

One of our tenants cut the wire while mowing the lawn and had no AC because of that. In that case, the maintenance cost to replace the wire should be the tenant's responsibility, correct?  
I appreciate any advice greatly. 

[Cathy B.]

Raquel,
The answer to your question may not be cut and dry.

You may want to investigate whether or not the wiring was, as it was installed, code compliant.  Outdoor wiring is usually pretty beefy and not intended to be strung across a lawn (you would bury it under those conditions)

Was the wiring in a location that made it venerable to yard equipment? or was the tenant careless and let the grass grow into areas that had previously been mulched and therefor eliminating a natural buffer between the AC unit wires and the grass?