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Tourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks it (www.bbc.com)
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The statue, outside the Brussels stock exchange, had just been restored at great cost.

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[-] Norgur@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Let's hope the guy has insurance.... a good one.

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

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

[-] maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Wait you guys don't have murder insurance??

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Not rich enough..

[-] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 3 points 2 years 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.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

That's just the purge with extra steps.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social -2 points 2 years 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?

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