A Moscow court ordered a man to pay 654,000 rubles in compensation…
A Moscow court ordered a man to pay 654,000 rubles in compensation for flooding his neighbor's apartment, which was caused when his cat opened a water tap with its paw. The Moscow City Court upheld the claim after overturning a lower court's decision that had dismissed the case due to improper defendant identification.
Consensus
- The Moscow City Court ruled that the man who lived in the apartment must pay 654,000 рублей in compensation for flooding a neighbor's apartment.
- The flooding was caused by the man's cat opening a water tap with its paw.
- The initial decision by the Simonsky District Court to dismiss the case was overturned by the Moscow City Court.
- The Moscow City Court determined that the actual resident and rent recipient, not the property owner, was responsible for the damage.
- The court also ordered the defendant to pay court expenses.
- The ruling has entered into legal force.
Points of divergence
- The Simonsky District Court initially refused the claim because the claim was filed against an improper defendant, as the property owner was the Department of Urban Property of Moscow. — riamo
- The defendant confirmed during the hearing that his cat opened the tap with its paw. — fontanka
- The appellate court ordered the defendant to pay 654 thousand rubles as compensation for moral harm. — vesti
- The man was temporarily disconnected from the sewage system in a suburb due to a debt exceeding 4.5 million rubles, unrelated to the cat incident. — vm
Coverage (4 sources)
- Owner 'got hit' for 654k: cat opened a valve with a paw and caused flooding in the apartment — РИАМО
- Cat opened a tap, and a flood occurred. Court ordered her owner to pay hundreds of thousands — Фонтанка
- Cat in Moscow flooded neighbors for 700 thousand rubles — Вести
- Moscow City Court ordered payment of 654 thousand rubles for apartment flooding caused by a cat that opened the tap — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Moscow
- Moscow City Court
- Simonovsky District Court
- Moscow City Court
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- Department of Urban Property
- District Court
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