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- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
I'm a landlord in IN. The former tenants in one of my properties damaged the siding of the neighbors house. That home is also renter property. The tenants in my property caused damage by using a gas powered generator in the side yard. The generator caught fire and melted the siding on the home next door. They were running a generator because they had their utilities cut off for non payment. This is in direct violation of their lease with us. They must have utilities on at all times and in good standing. We had no knowledge that this was happening until after the fire accrued. We ask the tenants to leave the premises as soon as we were aware of the situation. Now the owner of the house is pushing us to file a claim with our insurance. We have contacted our insurance agent and have been assured we are not liberal for this damage. The owner wont listen and has called multiple times and now mailed us estimates for the repair. He states "we can do this the easy way or hard way". I have recently sent him a letter back in response to the estimates. I once again told him Im not response and provided him the name and phone number of the said tenants. I also provided him with my insurance agents information. Are we in any way responsible for this damage?