That's so messed up.Oops! Contractor Demolishes Wrong House
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) - Turns out GPS isn't all it's cracked up to be.
A crew using coordinates from a global positioning system demolished a 60-year-old home in Carrollton earlier this week, but it was the wrong house. The home's owner, Al Byrd of Atlanta, said he heard about the mistake when a neighbor called him to tell him the house he grew up in - along with his family heirlooms - had been destroyed and thrown into Dumpsters.
No one was living in the house at the time.
Byrd said his father built the house by hand in 1950.
Byrd said he is talking with an attorney but hasn't made any decisions on what to do. He said he's gotten an apology from the companies who made the mistake.
Contractors demolish wrong house
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Posts: 3658 (06/12/2009 3:15 PM) |
Oh man, I would sue for all I could get!
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exclusivehoodie |
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Posts: 659 (06/12/2009 3:15 PM) |
He's going to own that company!
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joey is a teapot |
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Posts: 66035 (06/12/2009 3:15 PM) Joey Fanatic '06
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Lawsuit!
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Posts: 15827 (06/12/2009 3:15 PM) |
OMG. I would be so pissed.
Don't they mark this shit with a big orange/black "X" anymore? |
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NotLiza |
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Posts: 354 (06/12/2009 3:15 PM) |
Oh man! That's so fucked up!
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Posts: 9775 (06/12/2009 3:15 PM) |
Oh HELLLLL no! They should NEVER demolish something without a definite address and visual confirmation! DAMN!
 I would sue the HELL out of that company.
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Posts: 9791 (06/12/2009 3:51 PM) |
MegaBabe717 wrote:I agree. When you're going to do something like that, you've got to make 100% sure that you've got the right place. |
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Posts: 14712 (06/12/2009 3:52 PM) |
How sad.
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Posts: 8624 (06/12/2009 3:55 PM) |
OH HELL NO! Sue and NEVER work again. I know it can't make up for the family possessions but it sure would help.
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Posts: 28339 (06/12/2009 3:59 PM) Most Dramatic JJBer '08
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Damn I wish they would do that to my house, I need the money.
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Posts: 2644 (06/12/2009 4:01 PM) |
shoebaby1 wrote:Seriously, I hate this piece of shit
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Posts: 2022 (06/12/2009 4:03 PM) |
No one was hurt so I think it is a good thing. They will build a new greener house and it will help the economy.
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Posts: 28340 (06/12/2009 4:04 PM) Most Dramatic JJBer '08
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LuvBug wrote:We're bad. 
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Posts: 666 (06/12/2009 4:05 PM) |
DarthRedimo wrote:lol ur gay. |
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LuvBug |
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Posts: 2646 (06/12/2009 4:06 PM) |
shoebaby1 wrote:Worst part is this is technically not my house. It's my moms fiances house 
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Posts: 5737 (06/12/2009 4:09 PM) |
That makes me want to puke, just the thought of that happening. Especially to a house that his father built.
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