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4. When I was a kid in the Bronx, MY landlord sat on the roof, day and night,

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 07:56 PM

Feb 2013

on a little beach chair, preventing anyone from throwing anyone else off the roof. His wife used to bring him sandwiches every day.

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Family of Boy Thrown from Bronx Roof Sues Landlord: Report [View all] rachel1 Feb 2013 OP

Apartment buildings always had stairs leading up to the flat roof Warpy Feb 2013 #1

Thank you! Warpy Feb 2013 #5

Could you elaborate on the landlord's reckless behavior? marybourg Feb 2013 #7

The only person behaving recklessly liberalhistorian Feb 2013 #10

what would you suggest? ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #25

Just because you use the word "Child" doesn't make your argument valid FreakinDJ Feb 2013 #15

How about a guard wall? BainsBane Feb 2013 #22

actually, railings and guard walls ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2013 #26

Yeah, that's what it sounds like to me, too Warpy Feb 2013 #21

That is the relevant question. redqueen Feb 2013 #11

but this was a case of someone throwing someone off JI7 Feb 2013 #14

what do you mean by secured ? like not let people up there ? JI7 Feb 2013 #19

I can assure you that tenants in the Bronx marybourg Feb 2013 #29

Why are they suing the landlord instead of the liberalhistorian Feb 2013 #9

yes, it's like when starbucks was sued JI7 Feb 2013 #13

Totally agree 100% with you. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #20

Deep pockets nt ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #30

Really? And who should be paying for 24/7 security? TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #24

Why was their 9 yo outside unsupervised by parents? idwiyo Feb 2013 #28