Bird Construction Company Case Summary

Summary of the case
The bird was a case which came to be known later as an economic loss. According to the case, bird Construction Company was given the responsibility to build an apartment in 1972 and later the apartment was sold to Winnipeg Condominium Corporation. After the building was sold, Winnipeg Condominium Corporation in 1982 noticed that there were problems with the masonry work as well as the mortar work in the exterior part of the building (Palmer, 2007). This made the company to hire an engineering firm and the various architects in order to start inspecting the building. Winnipeg Condominium Corporation was then assured that cracks were not serious and that they could be repaired using a small cost and that made the corporation to start repairing the building. In 1989, some parts of the external cladding of the building fell to the ground and none was injured. After another inspection, it was noted that replacing the external cladding of the building was the only sure way of repairing the building and it cost $1.5 million.
Afterwards, the Winnipeg Condominium Corporation sued the original contractors because of negligence in coming up with the structure. The decision made by …show more content…
There is a difficulty associated with following the ruling because the building owners still have a duty of providing care to the people who might be harmed by the various defects of the building. This means that the original building owners have the responsibility of inspecting and maintaining their own buildings. This might be a problem to the building owners because they still have the responsibility of caring or their buildings even after they have sold