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Rock · Joined: 25 Feb 2005

I think I'm going to pursue a lawsuit and wonder if anyone here's ever had to do so. The case is very likely to be won, but I wonder if it's right to even get the ball rolling. I'll tell you why.

I'd been renting a house that could've given me a good dose of electrocution. It wasn't properly grounded and had poor wiring. The landlady denies this all, of course, and even got nasty about it. So my thoughts are, to seek legal justice.

If you were me, would you attempt to sue someone, and that in order to seek legal justice? If so, and regarding my case-life endangerment-how much would you seek for compensation?

climber159 · Joined: 02 Sep 2007

Were you injured? Can you prove it? Are you able to afford a good lawyer? How much longer do you have on the lease? You might do better to just get out of there and find a new place. See if you can work out an agreement with your landlady about leaving early. If you simply threaten her with legal action she may fold. Good luck.

agoodmouse · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Location: Anyang

What happened exactly? Confused

Rock · Joined: 25 Feb 2005

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

Sorry, Rock, that you are going through this, but you're not going to win it.

NO Korean appliances, houses - whatever - are grounded. My ex-k-husband always dismantled all our electrical appliances (including washing machine) to ground them himself. That was always one of his biggest complaints about Korea...

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:29 am Post subject:

Rock · Joined: 25 Feb 2005

This is a gray area, I know. The laws aren't the real issue, however, since it has to do with who's at fault. Was it me or the landlord?

If she was at fault, I could win, since it can be proven. Yes, it wasn't grounded properly, and yes, there's faulty wiring inside the house, and yes, it's an old house. These are the facts I'm standing upon.

Instead, she blames me, and that for a fish pond I'd built. There are laws, I believe, against negligence and life endangerment. Korea does have such laws when it comes to safety inspections of new buildings, and they should apply to old as well.

But I'm not in Korea!! I'm in Taiwan. The imput on this forum is better than the Taiwan Forum, however, which is why I'd posted here.

We'll see what happens, since it's a slow process, requiring lots of money. Yet if I wasn't told about the danger, and that via writing, then it may be I can fight it.