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i rent from a man and have a tree in the front yard that is dead we have lived here since feb 2004 and its never had a leave the wind strom the other day made part of the tree come down on my truck the landlord says its not his responsiblity which i would understand if the tree was healthy and didnt pose a risk of falling, i think the corrext term would then be act of god. but i feel that since he knew the tree was dead the is negelence on his part so he should be responsable for all cost involed i live in kentucky can anyone answer the liabilty of this issue

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I do not practice in Kentucky, so I would advise you to obtain the opinion of a KY attorney. Under general legal principals, both you and your landlord could be held responsible; you as a possessor of the land and the landlord as the owner. Your lease might govern who is responsible for these types of events; both you and your landlord were on notice of the danger and neither of you did anything about it.

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