Home safety

[Mark]

To what extent are we responsible for the safety of those who might come onto our property? If we rent a home, are we as liable for the condition of the home as if we buy it (understanding that a land-lord may not hold the same standards of safety as we should).

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
(Deuteronomy 22:8)

There have been a number of cases where a person has trespassed onto someone's property (often for the purpose of committing further crime) and were injurred by an unsafe condition on the property, for which they then sought damages. Does this passage justify such retribution?

[Eliora]

I think this passage is more about ensuring the safety of family members or hired people who need to work on the roof. I don't think it's to ensure the safety of those who try to harm you.

[Bob]

There have been a number of cases where a person has trespassed onto someone's property (often for the purpose of committing further crime) and were injurred by an unsafe condition on the property, for which they then sought damages. Does this passage justify such retribution?
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I think this is a example of how our laws have been turned on their heads. This has nothing to do with the .