Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by rayiner on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:25PM
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State and local governments aren't exempt from tort laws, etc. If they commit to service a location 100 miles away, and can't practically do so, or someone gets hurt in trying to make heroic efforts to do so, they can and will get sued. And in such a suit, making that sort of unrealistic commitment can and will be held against them.
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Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by mytailorisrich on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:58PM
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I don't think that this is how it works (paying taxes doesn't entitle to a level of service) but I admit I don't know US law.
As a side note, in this very case the issue wasn't remoteness since they could have had access to firefighters for a small annual fee. Rather it was a legal and administrative issue. But I would indeed be curious if voluntarily paying a fee rather then being taxed can have an impact on any enforceable expectation of service.