Neighbor Damages
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Question
Good week, Rabbi shlita. I am finishing construction work on the roof (I am the only one of 4 on the roof who built). At the beginning of the construction about 3 months ago, my contractor placed a window on the unbuilt common area of the roof. About a month ago, a roofer came on behalf of the house committee before the winter to do repair work on the roofing and painting of the roof (he demanded 2000 shekels from my contractor for roofing repairs due to the construction and cleaning). Apparently, for the cleaning and roofing, he placed the window over the sukkah roof of one of the neighbors. The contractor claims he did not place the window there (we did not ask the roofer). Last Friday, the neighbor opened the sukkah roof from his house, and as a result, the window fell on another neighbor's solar boiler and caused significant damage. What is the law? Thank you very much.
Answer
Shalom and blessings
The roofer who placed the window is liable for the damage under the category of 'fire'.
Source
Judges of the Beit Hora'ah