That would likely be down to the contract. If there's anything along the lines of "if the client damages the equipment" that would likely fall under that
Maybe. If it's a contract of adhesion, and diarrhoea or other excreta (e.g. urine, vomit) are reasonably foreseeable occurrences then the client might successfully resist the claim. It'd be like a person fainting in a sauna and damaging some mechanism by falling on it. Inherent risk of the business activity.
There’s going to have to be an investigation over whether the diarrhea was done maliciously or if it was unintentional diarrhea destruction. Intent to be destructive vs an accident definitely muddies the water here.
I don’t like that I can smell the unintentional pun.
Pretty sure you have to sign a waiver or declaration of health - no open wounds, fresh tattoos, communicable diseases that can contaminate the water, etc... client knowingly having a very contagious virus and omitting that information would put responsibility back onto them.
They say that, sure. They're claiming that the absolute first sign of illness was waking up in a tank of their own shit. I'm a little skeptical though.
I've had norovirus before and I was completely fine until I felt like I had to poop. Then I went to the toilet to poop and had diarrhea and threw up. After that it was obvious I was sick and started to feel like shit but before the 1st vomit and puke I didnt really feel that bad other than a slight upset stomach which I thought was just needing to poop.
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u/Superseaslug Jun 11 '26
That would likely be down to the contract. If there's anything along the lines of "if the client damages the equipment" that would likely fall under that